Ukrainian air defense soldier shoots down cruise missile with Igla MANPADS
The footage, published by the Air Force Command on Facebook, captures the moment Junior Sergeant Volodymyr Pshenychniak, commander of the machine gun detachment of the Galicia-Volyn Radio Technical Brigade, brought down the missile, Ukrinform reports.
The missile caused no damage to critical infrastructure. A search group later located the missile's crash site and recovered its debris.
The Air Force reported that during the night and early morning of December 13, Russian forces launched a massive missile attack targeting critical infrastructure within the area of responsibility of Air Command West.
Ukrainian air defense units and aircraft from the command intercepted 52 Kh-101/Kh-55SM and Kalibr cruise missiles, as well as two Shahed strike drones.
Overall, on December 13, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 80 Russian cruise missiles, including Kh-101/Kh-55SM, Kalibr, and Iskander-K variants, one Iskander-M ballistic missile, and 80 Shahed strike drones and other unidentified UAVs.
