Aftermath of yesterday's Russian Zircon hypersonic cruise missile and Oniks supersonic cruise missile strikes on the Trypillya Thermal Power Plant in the city of Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast.
Overnight and this morning, Russia continued their Geran-4/5 jet-drone attacks on Kyiv, striking several different targets.
Explosions were heard in Svyatoshyns'kyi, Obolon, Rusanivka, Mysholovka, Chaiky, and Osokorky Districts of Kyiv. Among the targets hit were some warehouse facilities and potential more energy infrastructure. Large fires were seen burning in multiple areas following the strikes.
For the first time in a couple of months, Iranian Air Force fighter jets conducted patrols over western Iran, near the border with Iraq tonight.
Earlier in the year, they were carrying out nightly patrols, but stopped for a couple of months due to unknown reasons. Unlike the previous patrols which were conducted at around 3am, this one occurred around 7pm in the evening.
Yesterday, for the first time, debris was found of a modified "9M723-2F3" Iskander-M ballistic missile in Kyiv.
This modified missile is equipped with an improved high-explosive and armour-piercing warhead, designed to destroy fortified and underground structures. It is able to deploy decoy radar targets during its terminal phase to decrease its chance of being shot down. Nevertheless, 2 of these missiles were shot down by Patriot systems on September 29. I initially confused them as Oniks missiles, likely due to these radar decoys being deployed.
It's currently unclear if this is the same missile as the well-reported "Iskander-1000" missile, which is an Iskander-M with an extended range of 1000 km (the stated range of ordinary Iskander-Ms is 500 km).
It's likely that Russia intends to use this missile to destroy fortifications constructed around energy infrastructure objects and other critical infrastructure, alongside the new Geran-4 jet-drones equipped with similar cumulative-cutting specialized warheads, which were first used on a transmission tower in Kyiv today.
A Russian Geran-4 jet-drone struck a transmission tower in Kyiv today, collapsing the upper half of the pylon.
The drone was equipped with a new cumulative-cutting specialized warhead, designed to destroy reinforced structures, including bridges, fortified energy infrastructure, and pipelines. The warhead consists of a central warhead weighing 40 kg, and four striking modules each weighing 5 kg.
The equipment of Geran-4 jet-drones with these new warheads was first recorded on September 23, and was used for the first time today.
The pilot who put the aircraft into the dangerous dive is an Omani citizen, the other pilot is from the UAE - Channel 14
Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Following security assessments and passenger testimony, Israeli authorities are treating the incident as a terror attack. The co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain repeatedly before crew members and passengers forced their way into the cockpit and subdued him. - N12
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