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Russia used “Tornado-S” guided claster missiles in Donetsk, Nikolaev and Chernihiv regions

Police named a remarkable detail of the missiles - they have white ribbons. It is forbidden to approach the shells closer than 10 meters.

Russia used “Tornado-S” guided claster missiles in Donetsk, Nikolaev and Chernihiv regions
Photo: National Police of Ukraine

During a full-scale offensive in Ukraine, Russia fired two “Tornado-S” missiles across the Donetsk region, each containing 464 cluster munitions. They can detonate at any time. The same missiles were also fired at the Chernihiv region and found in Mykolayiv.In Pokrovsk, three people were injured in the explosion of such missiles in the civilian housing sector, the Telegram of the National Police of Ukraine reported.“Tornado-S” missiles were adopted by the Russian army in 2015. Each missile contains 646 cluster munitions 3B30 (mines). Two such missiles were fired by the Russian army at Pokrovsk. The occupiers wanted to blow up the railway station, but the munitions fell mostly on the civilian housing sector in Tsentralna, Kalmiuska, Bykova streets, and the surrounding territory near the station. Two State Emergency Service (SES) explosives technicians were injured during the demining of one of the explosive devices. Another mine exploded in the hands of a local resident, "the SES statement said.A distinctive feature of this explosive is a white ribbon.

Photo: National Police of Ukraine
Photo: National Police of Ukraine
Photo: National Police of Ukraine
Photo: National Police of Ukraine
"Do not approach the missile closer than 10 meters," said Anatoliy Krasnopyorov, head of the pyrotechnic work and humanitarian demining group at the SES in the Donetsk region.Donetsk police and SES explosives technicians urge residents to follow safety rules. Do not approach explosive devices and elements! Don't touch! Don't try to move! If an explosive is found, call the police or SES at 101.Earlier, on March 3 the Russian troops fired at the city of Pokrovsk of Donetsk region with the newest guided cluster rockets of MLRS "Tornado-S".

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