The Ukrainian Air Force Command on February 12 said it had deployed a series of measures to prevent Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal supersonic missiles from reaching their intended targets.
According to the announcement, the Russian MiG-31K fighter on the afternoon of February 11 took off from Savasleyka airbase in Nizhny Novgorod province and launched a series of missiles aimed at Ukrainian territory.
The Ukrainian side did not disclose details of the measures being applied, nor did it specify the number of missiles used or targeted. This agency only affirmed that the countermeasures caused the enemy's missiles not to reach their target.
AMK Mapping account on social network X, specializing in monitoring open source intelligence data on conflicts, said that Russia launched 3 Kinzhal missiles aimed at the Lviv National Aircraft Repair Plant (LDARZ) in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine.
According to this account, 2 missiles hit targets, while one was shot down north of the city of Shepetivka in Khmelnitsky province. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the above information.
LDARZ was established in October 1939, currently has more than 900 personnel, specializing in repairing MiG-29 fighters. Russian authorities believe that this facility also maintains F-16 fighter jets and produces unmanned aerial vehicles.
Last month, the Russian military announced that it had attacked LDARZ with the Oreshnik supersonic warhead ballistic missile, causing damage to the production line, UAV storage and many infrastructures within the factory premises.
Ukraine had previously repeatedly announced that it had intercepted many or all of the Kinzhal missiles in the raids. The Russian side said that the Ukrainian army exaggerated the number of missiles deployed and there was confusion about the type.
Ukrainian and Western officials last year admitted that Russia had improved many types of missiles such as Iskander-M and Kinzhal to penetrate air defense nets.
Russian electronic warfare forces also applied jamming measures, including emitting electromagnetic pulses that made surveillance radars recognize targets like Kinzhal missiles.
