Ukraine: «35 cruise missiles and 46 drones launched by Russians shot down»
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35 cruise missiles and 46 Russian kamikaze drones were shot down overnight by Ukraine's air defense. The Kiev Air Force writes it on Telegram.
Moscow forces launched a total of 53 missiles of various types and 47 Shahed-131/136 unmanned aerial vehicles.
“The Russian invaders launched a powerful attack on critical infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine, using air, sea and land missiles, as well as Shahed-type drones,” said Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force. And he specified that «thirty-five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Russian region of Saratov and from the airspace over the Caspian Sea; four Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from Crimea); an Iskander-K cruise missile from Crimea; 10 Kalibr cruise missiles from the northeastern part of the Black Sea; three Kh-59/Kh-69 guided aerial missiles from the airspace (of the occupied region) of Zaporizhzhia; and 47 unidirectional attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type from the Prymorsk-Akhtarsk area in Russia.
Overall, the commander continued, «81 aerial targets were shot down, including 30 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles; four Kalibr cruise missiles; one Iskander-K cruise missile, and 46 attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type".
(Unioneonline/ss)