Eight missiles of the X-101 (X-555) type, launched by Russia on Ukraine on Tuesday, are worth almost 100 million dollars, Ukrainian Pravda reported on Wednesday with reference to the statement of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko.

“With his criminal war, Putin is condemning Russia to poverty instead of investing in the future of his country. Isn’t it time for Russians to stop walking around with portraits of their corrupt leader and start asking themselves questions?”, asks a representative of Ukrainian diplomacy, justifying his statement with calculations made by the Ukrainian editors of Forbes magazine only for the cruise missiles that Russia launched over Ukraine on Tuesday evening, reports Agerpres.

So, according to Forbes.ua, the cost of the Kh-101 cruise missile is $13 million; Kalibr cruise missile – $6.5 million; the Iskander missile costs $3 million; the Onyx supersonic missile costs $1.25 million, the Kh-22 missile costs $1 million; and the tactical missile “Totsika-U” costs 0.3 million dollars.

From here, according to Forbes.ua, only on Tuesday, Russian troops launched $91 million worth of cruise missiles over Ukraine.

On Tuesday evening, as “Ukrainian Pravda” notes, Russia fired eight cruise missiles at Ukraine, seven of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense, as previously reported by the military leadership. Earlier, the same publication noted that the Ukrainian anti-aircraft system intercepted and destroyed six missiles launched by Russian troops in the Lviv region.

Meanwhile, Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had begun creating a military strike group targeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih, and warned that Moscow may be planning new offensive operations in southern Ukraine, Reuters reported.

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