Russian Missile Identified in Kyiv Children’s Hospital Attack - bellingcat
Russian Missile Identified in Kyiv Children’s Hospital Attack - bellingcat
An analysis of open source evidence, as well as missile experts, have pointed to a Russian launched Kh-101 cruise missile being the weapon that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
And of course the Russians try to blame everyone but themselves.
The obvious evidence that this was a Kh-101 aside, even if it had been a stray anti-air missile this damage would still be the direct result of Russia firing on civilian targets. Russia's attempt to deflect blame is utterly pathetic.
How accurate and expensive is a Kh-101? Were definitely they targeting the hospital, or just "Kyiv" (which is still messed up, of course)?
Russia claims it's less than 10 meters, but it's 10-20 meters by most independent estimates.
And if you believe the Ukrainians, which I kind of do for this purpose, these are fairly precious.
Jesus, that's some evil-stupid.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The analysis is in line with the view of experts, including Fabian Hoffman, a doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo who specialises in missile technology.
The hospital attack came as part of a wider Russian missile barrage that hit civilian targets elsewhere in Ukraine, including the city of Dnipro.
For example, the support spar in the image below appeared similar to one found in a 2022 Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces’ identification manual (page 28) which detailed a previous Kh-101 strike.
Similarly, War on Fakes — widely regarded as a Russian propaganda and disinformation outlet — claimed in a visual analysis that given the length-to-width ratio of the missile, it could not be a Kh-101, but instead an AIM-120 fired from a Ukrainian NASAMS battery.
Furthermore, the wings in the mid-section of the missile that hit the hospital are a mismatch for those on an AIM-120.At the time of writing this article, War on Fakes’ Telegram post had nearly 800k views, and thousands of shares.
In a follow-up post, War on Fakes claimed that higher quality stills had been edited to make the jet engine of the Kh-101 more prominent, and that in fact the video had shown an AIM-120.
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