{"id":410030,"date":"2025-09-09T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410030\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:02:22","slug":"a-russian-iskander-missile-struck-ukraines-cabinet-building-but-photos-indicate-its-warhead-failed-to-detonate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410030\/","title":{"rendered":"A Russian Iskander missile struck Ukraine&#8217;s Cabinet building, but photos indicate its warhead failed to detonate"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia struck Ukraine&#8217;s Cabinet building with an Iskander-launched cruise missile on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But photos showed its remnants in a structurally intact room, indicating it didn&#8217;t do its job.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine says it was one of nine cruise missiles launched amid Russia&#8217;s latest massive drone wave.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia struck Ukraine&#8217;s Cabinet headquarters with a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-ammunition-production-nato-mark-rutte-2025-6?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cruise missile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">cruise missile<\/a> on Sunday, but photos show that while the weapon crashed into the building, its warhead likely failed to detonate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukrainian officials said that an Iskander-launched cruise missile had hit the government building during Russia&#8217;s latest <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russia-ukraine-daily-attacks-missiles-drones-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wave of drone and missiles,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">wave of drone and missiles,<\/a> its largest since the war began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New photos of the site show what appears to be the remains of the missile in a battered but structurally intact room, indicating that its warhead didn&#8217;t trigger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While it&#8217;s unclear what payload the missile was carrying, the incident could signal a reliability issue with one of Russia&#8217;s advanced precision weapons. However, such failures can happen with missiles in wartime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Katarina Mathernova, the European Union&#8217;s ambassador to Ukraine, posted the images to social media on Monday after visiting the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the photos captured a large, round piece of wrecked metal with turbine blades, closely resembling a <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-long-range-palianytsia-rocket-drone-hybrid-russia-war-2024-8?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:turbojet or turbofan engine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">turbojet or turbofan engine<\/a> used by Russia&#8217;s cruise missiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another piece of the debris was labeled in Cyrillic as &#8220;Filter FT-1,&#8221; a reported component of the TRDD-50 engine that&#8217;s known to power the Russian Iskander-K missile.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Wreckage of a turbojet for a cruise missile is seen in a structurally intact room.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/36a1eac2e22b491926809bff35f0f979.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The photo posted by Mathernova shows the apparent remains of an Iskander-K cruise missile.Facebook\/Katarina Mathernova<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The photos also showed a breached wall in the Cabinet building where the missile likely entered, along with the charred remains of parts of the headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The internal damage likely stemmed from a fire that Ukrainian authorities said broke out after the missile hit the building. Local media reported that the missile&#8217;s fuel tanks started the blaze.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Officials and staff in hardhats observe the remains of Ukraine's Cabinet headquarters' upper floors.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dc80a54f097dcb1acb7d2d66ebc2de20.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mathernova&#8217;s photo appears to show the point where the Russian missile breached the building.Facebook\/Katarina Mathernova<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But, apart from its scorched interior, the Cabinet building remained mostly structurally intact. Ground-launched Iskander-K missiles generally carry warheads with a mass of 450 to 500 kg, or 990 to 1,100 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Only thanks to the missile failing to fully detonate, the entire building was not reduced to rubble,&#8221; Mathernova wrote. &#8220;And thanks to the rapid action of Ukraine&#8217;s amazing rescue services \u2014 true heroes \u2014 the fire was contained to the three floors, before it would swallow the rest of the building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">European and Ukrainian officials have condemned the missile strike on the Cabinet building as a sign that Russia continues to act in bad faith despite courting ceasefire talks with the US. The Iskander-K&#8217;s missile variants, the 9M728 and the newer 9M729, are precision-guided munitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The evidence of this existential battle is right in front of us: Putin is deliberately targeting the country&#8217;s lifelines \u2014 its government, its energy, its people,&#8221; Mathernova wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Andriy Yermak, chief of staff for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndriyYermak\/status\/1965100984897802341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said on Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">said on Monday<\/a> that he had spoken to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the strike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These strikes kill civilians, including children, and destroy our infrastructure,&#8221; Yermak wrote in a post on X. &#8220;For the first time, the enemy attacked the building of the Government of Ukraine \u2014 Iskander missile strike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine&#8217;s air command said the Iskander-K missile was one of nine cruise missiles launched by Russia on Sunday, as part of a massive wave of <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ukraine-war-interceptor-drone-150-russian-shahed-gerbera-zelenskyy-2025-9?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:long-range exploding drones;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">long-range exploding drones<\/a> and decoys. Kyiv said its air force detected at least 810 drones that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Russia has regularly attacked Ukrainian cities with its Iskander launchers, and is often accused of using them to target infrastructure and civilian areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In August 2023, one of its most high-profile strikes with the launcher involved a hit with an <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/video-shocking-moment-russian-iskander-missile-slams-into-chernihiv-theatre-2023-8?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Iskander-M ballistic missile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Iskander-M ballistic missile <\/a>that killed seven people at a landmark drama theater in the city of Chernihiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russian-iskander-missile-hit-ukraine-cabinet-building-warhead-didnt-detonate-2025-9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Business Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia struck Ukraine&#8217;s Cabinet building with an Iskander-launched cruise missile on Sunday. 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