Kremlin says Russian missiles did not target residential building in Dnipro:

The Ukrainian Air Force says the apartment complex was hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile, which Kyiv says it does not have the equipment to shoot down. Peskov suggested that the strike had been the result of Ukrainian “anti-aircraft counter-missiles” intercepting the Russian missile, saying that “some representatives of the Ukrainian side” had reached the same conclusion.

Oleksiy Arestovych, who advises the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Saturday evening that it looked as though the Russian missile had fallen onto the apartment building after being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses. The comment sparked anger in Ukraine, prompting him to apologize. He then retracted his online apology, saying that he had made clear in his initial comments that his conclusion was only a preliminary theory. Dnipro, a city of almost a million people which serves as a crucial supply hub for Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region, has come under repeated bombardment from Russian missiles.

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At distance, two separate fires: An air defense missile, respectively a cruise missile shot down by it. And the 9-story building inflamed at the front (other side of the building in the picture, at the far right of the explosions)

Source: Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli on Twitter

Video confirms Oleksii Arestovych’s explanation on the regrettable #Dnipro missile disaster. via THE INDICTER Channel

YouTube – Arestovych: building destruction in Dnipro caused by Ukr air defence when shot down Russian missile via THE INDICTER Channel

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