{"id":2808,"date":"2025-11-16T12:10:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:36:07","slug":"russian-iskander-missile-hits-ukrainian-himars-mod-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/russian-iskander-missile-hits-ukrainian-himars-mod-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Iskander missile hits Ukrainian HIMARS \u2013 MOD (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The strike, which also targeted coastal-defense launchers, was carried out in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have carried out a successful strike on three Ukrainian missile launchers, including a US-supplied high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS), the Defense Ministry has said, releasing a video of the impact.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that the Russian Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system \u2013 supported by reconnaissance drones \u2013 had struck two Ukrainian Neptune mobile shore-based missile systems and a HIMARS in Ukraine\u2019s Dnepropetrovsk Region.<\/p>\n<p>The video taken from high altitude showed the barely visible vehicles located in an open field. One Iskander missile \u2013 which has a range of 500km and a warhead weighing up to 700kg \u2013 delivered a direct hit on the Ukrainian hardware, producing a large blast, visible shockwaves, and a rising fireball.<\/p>\n<p>The HIMARS system, supplied to Ukraine by Washington since June 2022, can fire guided missiles with a range of about 80km (50 miles) and, in some variants, extended-range rockets reaching 150km (93 miles). The system has filled a key niche in Ukraine\u2019s arsenal and was used on several occasions for strikes on Russian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/627683-pokrovsk-kupyansk-advance-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Russian forces continue advance on encircled city in Donbass \u2013 MOD<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>The domestically-developed\u00a0Ukrainian Neptune missile was originally designed to target surface ships and has a range of up to 280km.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has condemned Western arms shipments to Ukraine, arguing that they only prolong the conflict without changing the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strike, which also targeted coastal-defense launchers, was carried out in Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry has said Russian forces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}