Russians for the first time officially reported intercepting a Ukrainian Neptun anti-ship missile, but provided no evidence

The Russian Defence Ministry has officially announced the interception of a Ukrainian Neptun anti-ship cruise missile. As is often the case, the ministry did not provide any evidence.

Here's What We Know

The ministry's statement said it had successfully intercepted two GMLRS precision-guided projectiles launched from HIMARS, two AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missiles and one Neptune anti-ship missile. The latter appears in the Russian defence ministry's reports for the first time.

It is likely that the emergency "interception" of the Ukrainian missile is connected with talk that it was with the help of the Neptun that the S-400 Triumf launcher on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula was destroyed. This happened a few days ago. Later, Ukraine officially announced the use of a new domestically produced missile.

As for the Neptune, it is a coastal land-based cruise missile system. It uses 870kg R-360 anti-ship missiles with a 150kg warhead. It has a maximum launch range of 280 kilometres.

And here's a video about the Neptune missile, check it out to keep up to date:

Source: @mod_russia