Russia launched a ballistic missile and 128 drones at Ukraine overnight, 112 drones were neutralized, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Thursday, writes UNN.
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According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of May 22, the enemy attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Taganrog area - Russia, and 128 Shahed-type strike UAVs and drone simulators of various types from the directions: Millerovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia, Chauda - TOT Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
"As of 11:00 a.m., air defense forces neutralized 112 enemy Shahed-type UAVs (drones of other types) in the east, north, south and center of the country. 74 were shot down by fire weapons, 38 were locationally lost/suppressed by electronic warfare (without negative consequences)", the report says.
As a result of the enemy attack, as indicated, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions were affected.