Thermal footage shows a reported Russian Kh-29TD air-to-surface missile strike against a Ukrainian military position in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. Like many of Russia's video releases, it is poorly edited with an abrupt transition between showing the supposed target; a building with personnel nearby and then an explosion at a different time and angle at a location that may or my not be the same that was just shown in the previous clip.

The Kh-29 is a Soviet era standoff missile that is fired from various attack jets. Due to Russia's inability to gain air superiority, the missile allows the Russians to strike from outside Ukraine's air defense umbrella, without risking aircraft.

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