And Russian Ballistic Missile Iskander-M hit at the beginning of the week on a old tourist complex in the town of Vysokyinear the city of Járkov, leaving a bleak stamp of destruction and debris. Although from the building road it seemed to have resisted, His rear facade was practically destroyed by the explosion.
“The missile reached the main building of the empty complex”the Head of the Regional Military Administration reported Tuesday, By Synehubovin Telegram. The attack He also damaged a nearby restaurant and small wooden holiday cabins.
In the front courtyard, the remains of the missile and several destroyed bricks cover the ground. Among the rubble, there is an old damaged Opel and a dusty poster of a bar that, according to the neighbors, does not work since the time of the Soviet Union.
A man in the area, which, recounts that, At the time of the attack, there were two people inside the building. “They were in him basement And they survived with minor injuries, “he explains.” Fortunately, they were not smoking at that time, “he jokes.
The anti -aircraft alarm was not activated before impact. Vysokyi is less than 50 kilometers from the Russian borderwhich leaves very little time for Ukrainian air defense systems to react Before a missile that is able to arrive in less than a minute.
“People in the house would certainly have died if it had been beaten by two iskanders,” adds the man. Each Iskander missile costs about three million dollarscalculate Forbes. “It’s a Very high price to destroy an old empty tourist center. It makes no sense. But it happens often, “he concludes.
