Video: Ukrainian nursery teacher ‘takes out Russian missile’

Holly Patrick

18 November 2024 at 9:37 am·1-min read

A former Ukrainian nursery teacher appeared to successfully shoot down a Russian cruise missile in her first combat launch.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Nataliia Hrabarchuk, who is now a soldier but worked in a nursery school before the war, destroyed the Kh-101 long-range missile on Sunday morning (17 November) during a Russian attack.

Footage showed Hrabarchuk dropping to her knees after using an Igla MANPADS, a man-portable air defence system.

The release of the video came as the Kremlin condemned Joe Biden's reported decision to approve the use of US-supplied longer-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia.

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