On the night of May 24, the Russian army launched 90 missiles and 600 UAVs of various types at Ukraine. According to the Air Force, the main direction of the strike was Kyiv; hits from 16 missiles and 51 attack UAVs were recorded, UNN reports.
On the night of May 24 (from 18:00 on May 23), the enemy launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack UAVs, as well as air, sea, and land-based missiles. The main direction of the strike was Kyiv
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According to the Air Force, a total of 690 air attack assets were detected by the Air Force's radio-technical troops – 90 missiles and 600 UAVs of various types:
- 1 medium-range ballistic missile (launch area – Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan region, RF);
- 2 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles (launch area – Lipetsk region, RF);
- 3 3M22 "Zircon" anti-ship missiles (launch areas – temporarily occupied Crimea, Kursk region, RF);
- 30 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles (launch areas – Bryansk, Kursk, temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 54 Kh-101/Iskander-K/Kalibr cruise missiles (launch areas – Vologda, Kursk regions, RF, Black Sea waters);
- 600 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).
In addition
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 09:30, air defense shot down/suppressed 604 targets – 55 missiles and 549 drones of various types:
- 11 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
- 44 Kh-101/Iskander-K/Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 549 enemy UAVs of various types.
The Air Force added that, furthermore, 19 enemy missiles likely failed to reach their targets; information is being clarified, and possible crash sites are being identified.
According to preliminary information as of 09:30, hits from 16 missiles and 51 attack UAVs were recorded at 54 locations, as well as the fall of downed UAVs (debris) at 23 locations
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