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Why did the Kedr missile hit the Dnieper and not fly to Kyiv?
It is very difficult to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles, but it is possible, the analyst noted.
The Russian occupiers aimed their new intercontinental ballistic missile at the Dnieper River rather than Kyiv because they feared it might be shot down by the capital's air defense systems.
This opinion was expressed by Pavel Lakiychuk, head of security programs at the Center for Global Studies “Strategy XXI”, on the air of “Kiev24”. “I am almost convinced that the strike was not aimed at Kyiv precisely because we have a more concentrated Samp-T (SAMP/T) around Kiev – a ground-based anti-aircraft missile system designed for air defense of objects from a massive attack from a wide class of air targets , including…