On the night of Sunday, May 25 (from 20:40 on May 24), russia carried out a combined strike on Ukraine using 367 air attack vehicles. The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 45 cruise missiles as well as neutralized 266 enemy UAVs.
This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that the enemy sent to Ukraine during this attack:
• 9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch area — Kursk region of the russian federation);
• 55 air- and sea-based Kh-101, Kalibr cruise missiles from Tu-95, TU-160 strategic aviation aircraft (launch areas — Saratov region, Black Sea area);
• 1 Kh-22 cruise missile from Tu-22M3 aircraft (from the airspace over the Black Sea area);
• 4 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles from tactical aviation aircraft (launches from the northern direction);
• 298 Shahed type strike UAVs as well as drones of various types from the directions: Bryansk, Millerovo, Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – russian federation.
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"According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defenses shot down 45 Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles, 2 Kh-59/69 missiles were lost in location. Also, as a result of the combat, 266 enemy Shahed UAVs and drones of other types were neutralized in the east, north, south, west and center of the country. 139 were shot down by fire weapons, 127 were lost/suppressed in location by electronic warfare," the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs.
Most regions of Ukraine were affected by the enemy attack. Enemy air attack weapons were hit in 22 locations, as well as the fall of downed cruise missiles and strike UAVs in 15 locations.
There are dead and injured people, including children, as a result of the barbaric attack by the russians. In particular, in general, more than 3 dozen injured as well as more than 10 dead are already known. There are dead in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions.
Thus, four people died as a result of a hostile attack, another 23 were injured in Kyiv region. Among the injured are six children. In Kyiv, 11 residents were injured in the attack.
In Zhytomyr region, 3 children died as a result of a hostile attack - 8, 12 and 17 years old.
In Mykolaiv region, a man died, 5 people were injured, including a teenager.
In Khmelnytsky region, four people died, five more people received shrapnel wounds.
As Defense Express reported, russia upgraded Iskander-M missiles, making them harder to intercept. We also wrote, that russia’s fully autonomous kamikaze drone got 100-km range capability.
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