Of the 12 cruise missiles fired at the Kremenchug oil refinery, two were shot down.
The Ukrainian defenders shot down these two missiles from the Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft missile system.
This was announced today, May 13, by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.
“Recently, Russia has been resorting to the tactics of massive use of supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles of the Kh-22 type at the indicated targets. Thus, over the past day, the enemy used 12 cruise missiles at the Kremenchug oil refinery, two of which were shot down from the Stinger MANPADS,” he said. is he.
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the reasons for the transition of the invaders to this tactic is the refusal to use aviation, which suffers heavy losses.
Recall that 12 Russian missiles hit the infrastructure of Kremenchug on the evening of May 12. Most of them hit the refinery, which was not working due to the consequences of the first enemy strike.
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