Representatives of the Russian authorities deny that the X-101 missile used to hit Ukraine crashed near a Russian village. Instead, they continue to say that the object in the field was a “UFO.”
An unidentified flying object (UFO) was found in the middle of a field in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation. Government officials later admitted that the object may have belonged to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Details of the incident were written on the local portal “Volgograd Online”.
The portal claims that the “UFO” was found by chance on January 8 – it was then that railway workers decided to clean the railway tracks buried during snowfall. The incident took place near the village of Bolshoi Morets.
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In the photo published on the Elan News Telegram channel, you can see part of the object, part of the body and wings sticking out of the snowdrift.
Russian law enforcement officers went to the scene of the emergency – this is evidenced by another photo posted on the public page of a banned social network – shown on the Volgograd Online portal. They also noted that the army of the Russian Armed Forces was not visible nearby: they would have to deal with a missile-like object; If they tried to do anything with this object it could explode.
Local government representative Galina Zueva did not accept that the “UFO” was actually a Russian missile launched by the Russians at the Ukrainians. But he stated that the object was related to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which should provide all the answers. He also assured that there was no loss of life or destruction as a result of the appearance of the “UFO”.
The Russian official, whose words were quoted on the portal, said, “What is this? The Ministry of Defense will answer this question. All the necessary services are already available.”
Meanwhile, residents of the Volgograd region state that the object is a Russian missile that “fell into the field again.” They also published a message from a railroad worker asking management to “report to the appropriate authorities.”
Astra news channel also published other photos from the scene. One of the photos was taken from inside a car passing nearby. The object is also called an “unknown projectile”. At the same time, the Ukrainian portal “Channel 24” states that the “UFO” could be the X-101 missile fired by the Russian Federation against Ukraine on January 8.
Note that the village of Velikiy Morets is located more than 400 km from the Ukrainian border in the Kharkov region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not confirm the incident that took place in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation.
Shelling of Ukraine – Details of the attack on January 8
It should be noted that on January 8, the Air Force reported that the Russian Armed Forces hit Ukraine with 24 Kh-101 missiles, 18 of which were shot down by air defense forces. The missiles were launched from Tu-95MS aircraft in the Engels area. Each one is approximately 7 meters long, 70 cm in diameter and weighs 2.5 tons. In addition to the Kh-101, the Russians also launched Kinzhal missiles, Iskander ballistic missiles, as well as S-300/S-400 and Shahed-136 kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles. Explosions were reported in many cities in eastern and central Ukraine, such as Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Krivoy Rog, Khmelnitsky. According to the data of the National Police, as of 12:00 on January 8, four people were killed and nearly 40 people were injured.
Meanwhile before Focus Information was given about other incidents related to missiles of the Russian Armed Forces. For example, on January 2, an explosion occurred in the Voronezh region – the entire street in a small village was destroyed. Russian officials stated that the ammunition was released urgently and no one was injured. Russian public pages later reported that 11 Russians may have died. In December 2022, another X-101 missile crashed in the Volgograd region: the Russian Ministry of Defense described the missile as an “unidentified object”.
Source: Focus
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