Two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were aimed at Mykolaiv, a city of just under 500,000 inhabitants. The city has been a focus of Russian invaders since the beginning of the war, with nearby Kherson occupied by the invaders. It has been ravaged by Russian artillery attacks – but thanks to the heroic actions of Ukrainian soldiers two devastating missiles failed to reach their target. The Ukrainian news agency Hromadske reported: “On the night of June 6, two Russian Kalibr cruise missiles were shot down by the air defense unit of Operational Command South.
“The missiles were launched from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea and targeted Mykolaiv Oblast, the command said.”
The Kalibr missiles are an acclaimed part of Russia’s military strength. Alex Betley wrote for the National Security Newspaper 1945: “There has been a lot of noise about the use of the Kalibr in Ukraine, and some of it is justified.
“The missile is capable of precision attacks from great distances.
“With Russian naval assets positioned around the globe in some of the world’s most strategically relevant locations, this is a weapon that will remain a threat for years to come.”
The Russian army claimed a few weeks ago that a Kalibr long-range missile had knocked out a weapons and ammunition depot in the Lviv region of Ukraine.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the depot housed weapons supplied by NATO. These include 1,200 MANPADS, about 1,500 anti-tank missile systems, at least 30 pieces of artillery, and tens of thousands of ammunition.
Last Saturday, 21 people were killed in Mykolaiv when Russian missiles hit an apartment building. The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevich, wrote on the Telegram messaging app: “There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in shelter!”
Another residential building was also crushed by artillery last Friday. In his late-night video address on Friday, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the attacks as “deliberate, deliberately targeted Russian terror and not some kind of mistake or an accidental missile attack.”
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Thousands of civilians have died since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what Moscow calls a “special operation” to exterminate nationalists. Many have accused Russia of war crimes for attacking civilian buildings, as well as other atrocities.
Russia’s former president and current head of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, previously threatened the end of “humanity’s existence” if Moscow is punished for war crimes. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin mocked the West in an optimistic speech and challenged them to defeat Moscow on the battlefield.
He said, “What can you say, let them try”.