Ukraine's strike on Voronezh: Russia exposed for false claims of rocket systems destruction
Illustrative photo: M270 MLRS launcher for ATACMS missiles (Getty Images)
The Russian Ministry of Defense has once again been exposed for lying about the war in Ukraine. The Russians claimed to have allegedly destroyed Ukrainian MLRS M270 multiple launch rocket systems, but as "evidence," they published a video from 2024, according to Russian media.
It is reported that on the morning of November 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a statement claiming the alleged "shooting down" of American ATACMS missiles over Voronezh and the "destruction" of their launch sites. The Russians said this supposedly took place near Voloska Balakliia.
However, they attached a video to the post that exposed their lie. Interestingly, the Ministry of Defense was criticized by Russian propagandists themselves: one of them wrote that the "strike video" was actually dated not November 2025, but September 2024.
Previously, the Russians claimed the alleged "destruction" of M270 MLRS in the settlement of Rudnivka in the Sumy region and attached an unclear video that provided no evidence of an actual hit. Now, the same video, slightly edited, has been attached to a post falsely claiming the "destruction" of MLRS in the Kharkiv region.
"Most likely, Russian forces located the launch site but were unable to hit it. That’s why they used an old video, which they edited and tried to pass off as a strike on Ukrainian forces," wrote one Russian channel.
On November 18, Russian channels and media reported that the city of Voronezh was under a missile attack — according to the Russians, the strike was carried out using American ATACMS missiles. On November 19, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have "shot down" all four missiles, a statement quickly debunked by experts using photos published by the Russians themselves.
Later, the strike using American weaponry was confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, without specifying the location or the targets hit. Analysts suggest that the targets of the attack could have been the Pogonovo training ground near Voronezh and the Baltimore airfield, from which KAB carriers take off.
