The fighters of the Ground Forces of Ukraine managed to shoot down a russian Iskander-K missile, which was heading towards Kyiv, from an anti-aircraft gun.
This was reported by the press service of the department.
"The shooting down of an Iskander-K cruise missile from aт anti-aircraft gun is a great stroke of luck multiplied by great skill. During the enemy's extreme air attack on the capital, the fighters of the anti-aircraft missile and artillery division of the separate presidential brigade succeeded in this," the message says.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, meanwhile, on the night of September 7, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck the Vtorovo oil pumping station of Transneft in the Vladimir Oblast of russia.
In addition, it became known that on the night of September 7, russian occupiers attacked the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with a 9M727 Iskander cruise missile, which contained foreign components. However, the warhead of the missile did not work.
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