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Ukrainian military shot down Russian missile with Igla MANPADS

This was the first combat launch of the servicewoman and the first hit.

servicewoman Natalia Grabarchuk destroyed a cruise missile from the Igla man-portable air defense system.

The well-known destruction of the Russian missile was published by the Ukrainian Air Force.

The Air Force notes that this was the servicewoman's first combat launch and first hit. Soldier Natalia Grabarchuk completed a five-month training course at a training center and mastered various types of MANPADS. Here is her first combat one, and it hit the target. The MANPADS weighs about 18 kilograms, and the responsibility also weighs heavily,” the servicewoman says.

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