At night, Russian missiles broke through Ukrainian air defense
The Russian army launched a combined missile and drone strike against targets in the Ukrainian rear at night.
According to the Ukrainian side, half of the missiles were not shot down, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“In total, the enemy used 31 air attack weapons - 14 air- and ground-based missiles and 17 attack UAVs, namely: 10 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 TS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area Saratov region - Russian Federation) ; 3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from Crimea and Krasnodar Territory - Russian Federation); 1 aeroballistic missile X-47M2 “Dagger” (from the airspace of the Tambov region - Russian Federation); 17 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-131/136” type (launch area – Yeisk – Russian Federation).
Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have been involved in repelling an enemy air attack. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle in the Khmelnitsky, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions, 24 air targets were shot down: 7 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles; 17 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-131/136” type,” reported the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There is no detailed information about the hits yet, but one of the targets was once again Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnitsky region, where there is a military airfield that is being prepared for the deployment of American fighters. In addition, after today's strike, problems with light began in the Zaporozhye region.
Russian missiles penetrated Ukrainian air defenses overnight.