Destroyed missiles also pose a threat: Ukraine's Air Force explains what happened in Odesa Oblast

Several waves of Russian missile attacks on 17 and 18 May resulted in only one hit - a Kh-101/Kh-555 missile in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, while other reports of destruction were related to damage from shot down targets [missiles] that fell to the ground. Source: Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Spokesperson for the Air Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: 29 out of 30 cruise missiles targeting different oblasts of Ukraine were shot down.

At the same time, as Ihnat explains, downed missiles cannot evaporate in the air; they or their fragments inevitably fall to the ground.

This is the case with the alleged hit in Odesa Oblast. The officer stated that a missile downed by Ukrainian air defence fell on a certain facility, causing destruction, killing one person and injuring several others. Therefore, the Air Force spokesperson once again emphasised that when an air-raid warning is issued, it is necessary to follow safety measures and stay in the shelter.

Because the warheads of Ukrainian air defence missiles and destroyed Russian air targets [drones and missiles] inevitably fall to the ground.

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