In the skies over Ukraine overnight, 5 out of 6 missiles, including one Kinzhal, and all of 24 Shahed attack drones launched by Russian troops were shot down, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk said on Wednesday, UNN reports.
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On the night of June 12, according to the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, the occupiers launched an air strike against Ukraine, using air- and ground-launched missiles and attack UAVs. A total of 30 air attack weapons were used:
- 4 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area - Saratov region - Russia);
- 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile (from the territory of Crimea);
- 1 X-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missile (from the airspace of Tambov region - Russia);
- 24 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs (launch area - Yeysk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia).
According to him, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the enemy air attack.
As a result of the air combat, 29 air targets were downed: 1 X-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile; 4 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles; 24 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs
According to the commander, air defense was operating in Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia regions.