[Timber Rattler]

A missile salvo blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers, local newspaper Znak reports quoting a source in the military.

I seriously doubt that as meteors travel much faster than missiles.

[DuncanWaring]

That may be, but the meteor would have been coming “towards” the earth, and the missile ascending to meet it.

[Pollster1]

I seriously doubt that as meteors travel much faster than missiles.

That is not necessarily a flaw in their claim; a similar speed differential is an issue for atmospheric interception of the warheads from an ICBM. The trick to intercepting something at Mach 15-30 (although news reports suggest this rock might have been traveling at Mach 80) with something at Mach 5 is to launch from near its path and in front of its position, and that could realistically have been done. I don't believe the claim either, but not because of the relative speeds of the rock and the missile. I just assume that communist politicians lie.