This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the night of Saturday, May 31, russian terrorists launched:
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- 107 Shahed-type attack UAVs as well as simulator drones of various types from the directions: Millerovo, Shatalovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – on the territory of russian federation, as well as Chauda - on the territory of temporarily occupierd Crimea;
- 2 jet attack UAVs (unidentified type) from Belgorod region of russian federation;
- 2 S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Kursk region of russian federation;
- 3 Kh-59/69 air-to-ground guided missiles from the airspace of Belgorod region of russian federation.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted that the main directions of the air strike were the Kharkiv, Sumy and Donetsk regions.
According to the Ukrainian military, the attack was effectively repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, as wel as mobile fire groups.
As of this morning, Ukraine's air defenses have neutralized 69 enemy Shahed UAVs (other types of drones) as well as 3 Kh-59/69 guided missiles in the east, south, north and center of the country:
- 42 — shot down by fire weapons,
- 30 — lost/suppressed by electronic warfare.
"Hits by enemy air attack weapons were recorded in 13 locations," the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added.
It is known that on the night of May 31 in the Polohivskyi district of the Zaporizhzhia region, russian occupation forces launched air strikes on a front-line village, as a result of which a 9-year-old girl died. A 16-year-old boy was also injured.
The occupiers shelled the Dniprovskyi district of the city of Kherson at night too. As a result of the strike, a 66-year-old man was mortally wounded.
In addition, russian invaders launched missile strikes on the territory of the Nedryhaylivka community of the Sumy region, as a result of which a person was injured.
In addition, according to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, a 43-year-old woman was injured as a result of the shelling in Kharkiv.
In the Kharkiv region:
- in the city of Izyum, a 30-year-old and a 28-year-old man were injured;
- in the village of Vasyshcheve, Bezlyudivka community, a 69-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman were injured;
- in the village of Shevchenkove, a 36-year-old man blew himself up with an unknown explosive device.
Defense Express reported earlier on What Putin Sought By Launching the Largest Air Attack on Ukraine, With 1,000 Shahed Drones and Missiles.
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