Ukrainian military commentator Denys Popovych has explained why the version that the capital's Okhmatdyt children's hospital was hit by a Ukrainian air defense missile does not stand up to any criticism.
Popovych wrote about this on his Facebook page:
"As a person who studied air defense, I repeat once again.
No anti-aircraft guided missile is capable of hitting a ground target.
All anti-aircraft guided missiles are aimed at an air target.
If the air target is lost, or the air defense system could not intercept it, it self-destructs in the air. Forever.
This is a single algorithm for all guided missiles.
Do not strain your eyes looking for comparative photos of the Kh-101, NASAMS, PAC-3 or S-300 missiles.
It is enough to remember only this simple rule: an anti-aircraft guided missile either destroys an air target or self-destructs in air space.
This is quite enough to filter out all the fabrications of russian propagandists, who once again started the old trick that Okhmatdyt was destroyed by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile.
“Okhmatdyt was struck by a specially programmed russian missile, the parameters of which were entered into the system of this particular object. No error, no mistake. The target was Okhmatdyt. They hit it."
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