Russia: Kinzhal Ultrasonic Missile Hit Ukrainian F-16 · Global Voices

The announced today Monday (07.10.2024) that a Russian supersonic Kinzhal missile hit the air base Starocostadinif, in the western district of Khmelnitsky, to which . It is a rare assumption, since Ukraine does not reveal the results of Russia’s missile attacks on military installations, with the Ukrainian Air Force however reporting that it shot down 32 Russian drones and two more Kinzhal-type supersonic missiles. The Russian blow to the air base Starocostadinif has its importance, since it took place one day after the Dutch Defence Minister said the country would supply Ukraine with more F-16 fighter aircraft in the coming months. This base, which is the seat of the 7th Battle Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force, is considered to be one of the most appropriate military bases to become the F-16 nest the Ukrainians will receive. On the one hand, because of its position between Lviv and Kiev, away from the border with Russia and on the other because it has strong hangars of Soviet construction. Ukraine, which received a batch of F-16-type fighter aircraft this summer after months of lobbying in the West, keeps the location of its fighters top secret in order to protect them from long-range blows Russia conducts throughout the war. The Ukraine Air Force did not report whether the blow caused damage to the air base, but the admission of a missile strike in the area around the base is not common. For his part, Governor Serhii Turin stated that there are no casualties among civilians or damage to critical infrastructure. As far as the other two Kinzhal-type missiles are concerned, their Ukrainian air defense shot down in the region of Kiev, resulting in fragments falling into three districts of the Ukrainian capital, without any human casualties or material damage.