Russia launched 73 missiles overnight at Ukraine, including 8 "Zircons" and 33 ballistic missiles, and 656 drones; 40 missiles, including 11 ballistic ones, and 602 drones were shot down or suppressed, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Tuesday, UNN writes.
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According to the AFU Air Force, on the night of June 2 (from 18:00 on June 1), the enemy launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack UAVs, as well as air, sea, and land-based missiles of various types.
The main direction of the strike was Kyiv. Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava region, and other regions were also attacked
In total, the Air Force's radio-technical troops detected 729 means of air attack – 73 missiles and 656 UAVs of various types:
- 8 3M22 "Zircon" anti-ship missiles (launch areas – temporarily occupied Crimea, Kursk region, RF);
- 33 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch areas – Bryansk, Kursk, Rostov regions, temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 27 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launch areas – Vologda region, RF);
- 5 "Kalibr" cruise missiles (launch areas – Caspian Sea waters);
- 656 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types, "Banderol" loitering munitions, and "Parody" type decoy drones (from the directions of: Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – RF, Hvardiiske, Chauda, temporarily occupied Crimea).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, EW units and unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 08:30, air defense shot down/suppressed 642 targets – 40 missiles and 602 drones of various types: 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles; 26 Kh-101 cruise missiles; 3 "Kalibr" cruise missiles; 602 enemy UAVs of various types. According to preliminary information, as of 08:30, hits by 30 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles, and 33 attack UAVs were recorded at 38 locations, as well as the falling of downed UAVs (debris) at 15 locations
The attack is ongoing; several attack UAVs remain in Ukraine's airspace.
Russian strike on Kyiv has already claimed 4 lives and injured 58 others02.06.26, 08:19