This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Thus, for the attack on June 29, the russians used:
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- 477 Shahed-type strike UAVs as well as various types of simulator drones;
- 4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
- 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 41 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 5 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 3 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups.
475 russian targets were neutralized, 249 of which were shot down with firepower, while another 226 were lost by location:
- 436 drones (211 drones shot down, 225 were lost by location/suppressed by electronic warfare;
- 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile;
- 33 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 4 Caliber cruise missiles.
So, on the night of Sunday, June 29, a record number of targets launched by russian terrorists were recorded. russian drones and missiles hit 6 locations, as well as their fragments fell in 8 more. The authorities of a number of Ukrainian regions reported the shelling. Thus, in Lviv region, the russians aimed at critical infrastructure, in Cherkasy region, they damaged nine-story buildings, a local college, and injured six people.
In addition, Poltava, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv regions and Mykolaiv city were hit.
Unfortunately, as reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a Ukrainian pilot of F-16 fighter jet, Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustimenko, died during the repulse of the russian attack.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the Ukrainian pilot managed to shoot down 7 russian air targets. However, while practicing the last air target, his aircraft was damaged and began to lose altitude. The pilot "did everything possible" and took the plane away from the settlement, but did not have time to eject.
As Defense Express reported, Ukrainian F-16 downed five drones in single sortie with AIM-9 missiles during massive russian attack. We also wrote, that earlier Ukrainian pilot downed 3 targets before ejecting from the F-16 Jet.
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