Okhmatdyt strike: SBU finds Kh-101 Russian missile engine fragments – photos

Not only debris but also the nature of building damage, characteristic of this missile type, indicates the strike was carried out by a Kh-101 missile

Milana Golovan

News editor at LIGA.net

July 9, 12:48

Consequences of the Russian missile attack on the Okhmatdyt hospital (Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Telegram)

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has stated it has new evidence that Russian occupiers struck the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv on July 8 with a Kh-101 cruise missile.

Specifically, SBU investigators found at the impact site:

→ A fragment of the Kh-101 missile engine;

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→ A fragment of the Kh-101 missile wing deployment mechanism;

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→ A fragment of the Kh-101 missile jamming unit;

→ The middle part of the Kh-101 cruise missile body (pictured under the debris);

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→ The tail section fairing and a fragment of the Kh-101 cruise missile hydraulic unit;

→ Fragments of the Kh-101 cruise missile engine casing with inventory and serial numbers visible.

Experts concluded that the Russian strike on Okhmatdyt was deliberate.

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This is evidenced not only by missile fragments found at the impact site but also by analysis of flight trajectory data, the nature of the damage inflicted, and a large amount of video and photo materials, the SBU adds.

The deliberate missile strike by Russia is confirmed by:

→ The nature of destruction (a two-story hospital building destroyed, surrounding buildings significantly damaged), characteristic of the Kh-101 warhead (400 kg). Law enforcement emphasizes that the destruction could not have been caused by NASAMS SAM systems, whose missile warheads are approximately 20 times less powerful;

→ The proportions, shape, and size of the missile, as recorded in publicly available videos, fully correspond to the Kh-101 missile, and conversely, are not characteristic of surface-to-air missiles, including NASAMS;

→ The missile's flight trajectory fully corresponds to Kh-101 characteristics (gaining altitude before attacking the target, and attacking at approximately a 60-degree angle);

→ The strike on the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital specifically by an air-launched Kh-101 cruise missile was recorded by objective control materials using radars.

Photo: SBU