In the Sumy region, in the forest near one of the villages, a Russian Kh-59 “Gadfly” missile was discovered, which did not explode during the fall, but received damage to the body and lost its engine.
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The communications department of the Sumy region police reported this today, March 29.
This air-to-ground missile is about seven meters long, weighs 930 kilograms and has a powerful warhead weighing more than 280 kilograms. If it hits a target, it causes serious destruction and loss of life,” the message says.
Such missiles are destroyed by air defense systems while still in flight, but if they do not explode during the fall, they are neutralized by sappers at the point of detection.
A mobile group of police sappers from the explosion-technical service department of the Main Directorate of Civil Defense in the Sumy region, having examined the missile and its parts, remotely separated the warhead from the body, and then destroyed it using an overhead charge of explosives near the detection site, the police press service said.
It is noted that the explosion set fire to dry grass at the edge of the field, so the police also had to put out the fire so that the flames did not spread to the forest.
The police note that if you find any ammunition, suspicious objects similar to ammunition or their remains, you should under no circumstances approach them, touch them or perform other manipulations. You should move at least a hundred meters away from such a find and report it to the authorities, military or police by calling 102.
There is evidence that the enemy equips certain weapons that he uses against Ukrainians with special delayed-action devices that can work even several hours or even days after the fall, the police note.
Source: Racurs
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