During a massive Russian attack on the night of April 11, 57 air targets - 18 missiles and 39 Shahed attack drones - out of 82 launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said on Thursday, UNN reports.
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"On the night of April 11, 2024, the Russian occupiers launched a combined attack with missiles of various types and attack UAVs. The main direction is Lviv region," Oleshchuk wrote on Telegram.
As a result of the air combat, 57 air targets were destroyed: 16 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles; 39 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs; 2 X-59 guided missiles
According to him, the enemy used a total of 82 air attack vehicles:
- 20 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area - Saratov region - Russia);
- 6 X-47M2 "Dagger" aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K fighters (launch area - Tambov region - Russia);
- 12 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (launched from the Belgorod region - Russia);
- 40 "Shahed-131/136" attack UAVs (from Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia, Chauda - Crimea);
- 4 X-59 guided missiles (from the airspace of the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region).
According to the commander, fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the enemy air attack.