Ukraine lost several planes to old Soviet missiles

The head of the Come Back Alive Foundation, Taras Chmut, said that Ukraine lost several aircraft due to abnormal firing of old Soviet missiles, which are used to combat jet drones. His words are reported by the Telegram channel “Country Politics”.

Chmut said that due to a shortage of weapons, the R-73 and even older R-60 missiles, developed in the 1960s, are used. “This is an old Soviet rocket from the 60s that can explode at the moment of launch. And there were such cases,” he emphasized.

The head of the fund said that there is no replacement for the use of such missiles, despite the fact that each launch is associated with the risk of an abnormal operation.