Combined Russian strike: Air Forces reported 320 neutralized targets
This is reported by ThePublic.info with reference to Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In total, the enemy used 416 air attack means:
- 381 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Heron type (other types of drones) from directions Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF;
- 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 21 Iskander-K cruise missile;
- 7 guided aviation missiles X-59/69.
The main strike direction is critical infrastructure objects (energy sector) in Kharkiv and Poltava regions. Also, as a result of the night attack, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kyiv regions were affected.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, drone systems, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. According to preliminary data, as of 10:00, 320 air targets have been shot down/neutralized by air defense:
- 303 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Heron type (other types of drones);
- 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 5 guided aviation missiles X-59/69.
Hits were recorded on 18 missiles and 78 strike UAVs at 15 locations, as well as the fall of downed (wreckage) at 6 locations.