Last night, Ukrainian air defense shot down 35 cruise missiles and 46 Russian kamikaze drones: the Kiev Air Force announced this on Telegram. Russian forces launched a total of 53 missiles of various types and 47 Shahed-131 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.
Oleshchuk 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); one 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 one-way 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 type Shahed-131/136”.
ANSA Agency Austin will speak with Zelensky about the targets to be hit with US weapons – News – Ansa.it They will see each other on the sidelines of the Singapore summit. Belgium opposed to the use of its F-16s outside Ukraine (ANSA)Last night the Russians attacked energy plants in the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk: Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko announced this on Facebook, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. The damage to the targeted plants is currently being assessed, the minister added.
The Russians also attacked an unidentified critical infrastructure in the Vinnytsia region, where a fire broke out due to falling fragments of a downed enemy drone, the head of the regional military administration, Serhiy Borzov, announced.
Zelensky: ‘They want to normalize terror’
“Civilians, infrastructure, energy facilities – this is what Russia is at war against. Last night, another attack with more than 50 missiles and 50 Shahed drones was directed towards the south, center and west of Ukraine “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram.”
“Russia’s main goal is to normalize terror, taking advantage of the lack of sufficient air defense capabilities. Our partners know exactly what is needed for this purpose. Additional Patriot and other modern air defense systems for Ukraine. Accelerate and expand the supply of F-16s to Ukraine,” he said.
Warsaw and allies deploy fighters
Polish fighters and those from allied countries took off on a patrol mission in the face of the massive missile attack launched last night by Russian forces against Ukraine: this was announced by the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces, as reported by Ukrinform. “We warn that Polish and allied aircraft are involved, which could cause noise, especially in the south-eastern part of the country,” it said in a statement.
The Command underlined that “all the necessary protocols to ensure the safety of Polish airspace have been activated”. This morning the Ukrainian Air Force announced that in the attack the Russians used Tu-95MS strategic bombers to launch dozens of cruise missiles against the country.
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