The Russian military forces claim Ukraine carried out “two terrorist attacks” on Russian towns using deadly converted anti-aircraft missiles.

The reports claim one missile hit the centre of Taganrog, while the second was shot down over an open area in the Rostov region.

Colonel Sergei Khatylev, a veteran of the Air Defense Forces, told news outlet MK that old converted S-200 missiles were launched on July 28.

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The report goes on to claim that the old systems have been withdrawn from service and replaced with surface-to-ground semi-ballistic missiles.

But Ukraine continued to hold massive stocks of the old missiles.

The publication claims that it was the same missiles that were used to shoot down a Tu-154 civilian aircraft flying from Israel to Novosibirsk twenty years ago – killing all on board.

Experts claim that converted missiles were used
Experts claim that converted missiles were used

Rybar channels wrote the missiles launched into the Rostov region could have been launched from a ground-based launcher from the outskirts of Zaporozhye.

The Militarist channel believes the launch of the converted missiles may have been carried out from "nomadic" installations created on the basis of the 5T83M transport-loading vehicles of the S-200 complexes.

Politician Rodion Miroshnik claimed the explosion in Taganrog occurred two kilometres from the Taganrog Commercial Sea Port which serves ships sailing through the Azov, Black and Mediterranean seas.

“When the regime's goal is to terrorize the population,” Miroshnik noted. “Then the space is quite large. Attacks can be applied anywhere. You can’t block all directions.”

One claimed the launch of the converted missiles may have been carried out from "nomadic" installations
One claimed the launch of the converted missiles may have been carried out from "nomadic" installations

When asked how accurate the converted missiles are, Colonel Sergei Khatylev said: “It all depends on the level of modernization. Anti-aircraft guided missile of the S-200 complex is quite accurate.

“But there are completely different principles of guidance than when firing at ground targets. Much determines at what range the shooting was carried out.

“The maximum range is approximately 200 kilometres. From the launcher, the rocket starts at a constant angle. It flies almost on a ballistic trajectory. First, it rises to some height, then gradually decreases and falls on the calculated course. The flight path is semi-ballistic.”

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