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According to military expert Oleg Katkov, the size of the gun cannot be uncondit...

A huge boar in the suburbs of Kiev could form a DPRK rocket - Defense Express (Video)

According to military expert Oleg Katkov, the size of the gun cannot be unconditional proof of the greater devastating power of the DPRK shells compared to Russian "calibers". On Thursday, February 15, in the morning during a rocket firing of a suburbs of Kiev in the Buchansky district, a huge browse was formed. What rocket left this mark in the Kyiv region, the editor -in -chief of Defense Express, military expert Oleg Katkov, told the "Information".

According to preliminary data, in the Buchansky district of the Kiev region, after the confusion, the North Korean Ballistic Missile, not the Russian "Iskander" could fall. The explosion in the forest formed a huge gap, and within a radius of about 40 meters all the plantations were burned. "These facts may seem that Korean ammunition is more destructive than their Russian counterparts," Katkov emphasized.

However, the size of the guns cannot be unconditional proof of the more devastating power of the DPRK shells compared to Russian "caliber". "Yes, a large butter is a number of aspects. First, the size of the funnel depends directly on the soil. Yes, if the soil is sandy, the funnel will be larger than in the case of rocky. Also depends on the mechanism After the recess into the soil, the funnel will again be more.

There are many variable factors - even the temperature of the soil affects it, " - said the expert. The Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat also did not rule out that the enemy could use the North Korean KN-23 missile, in respect of which European researchers have come to the conclusion that it could have up to 1500 kg of the battle part compared to 800 kg in the Iskander Rockets. At the same time, how many explosives were in the rocket that fell in the Kyiv region on February 15, it is unknown.

The TSN journalist visited the place of the crash of a hostile projectile. According to her, around the blast, which was completely burned down - all plantations were destroyed by an explosive wave. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched 26 missiles across Ukraine. The explosions were heard in Kiev and the region, as well as in Zaporizhzhya, Lviv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnitsky and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

The forces and means of air defense were intercepted by 13 missiles, including X-101, Isanders (or North Korean Analogs KN-23), C-300, KAR-59 and Calibers. We will remind, during the attack on Kiev the enemy directed missiles of different types that went to the city on several sides. All rockets over the capital managed to intercept the air defense. On Thursday, February 15, Russian invaders struck a rocket strike in Lviv, which resulted in the destruction of an electrical substation.