The Ukrainian army has confirmed it discovered fragments of nuclear-capable missiles with dud warheads which had been fired by Russia. Mykola Danyliuk, a consultant of the Ukrainian armed forces’ analysis unit, stated that their obvious objective was to distract Ukraine’s air defences.

The missile fragments have been discovered within the western areas of Lviv and Khmel and have been recognized as components of Kh-55 missiles, designed within the Nineteen Seventies primarily to hold nuclear warheads and be launched from bomber plane, Ukraine’s army stated.

A take a look at on the fragments didn’t discover irregular ranges of radioactivity, suggesting there was no contact with nuclear warheads, Mykola Danyliuk knowledgeable including that they might nonetheless trigger harm on influence as a result of their kinetic power and gasoline.

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Mykola Danyliuk’s feedback affirm army intelligence from the US and UK.

The British ministry of defence beforehand stated Russia was “doubtless” eradicating nuclear warheads from cruise missiles and firing the unarmed munitions at Ukraine. A senior US army official backed this up, saying it was being completed to deplete Ukraine’s air defence shares, Sky Information reported.

In the meantime, Kyiv stated that as many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia’s invasion in February.

“We now have official estimates from the Common Employees… And so they vary from 10,000 … to 13,000 lifeless,” Mykhailo Podolyak stated.