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The most massive air attack: 102 missiles and 99 UAVs shot down

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During the most massive air attack, Russia shot down 201 air targets - 102 missiles and 99 attack UAVs. In total, Russia launched 127 missiles and 109 UAVs. This was announced by the commander of the Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports .

On the night of Monday, August 26, 2024, the Russian occupiers launched a massive combined attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure, in particular on the country's fuel and energy sector, using various types of air-, land- and sea-based missiles

 ,” Oleshchuk wrote.

According to him, a total of 236 enemy airborne attack vehicles were detected and tracked by the Air Force's radio engineering troops: 127 missiles and 109 attack UAVs:

  • 3 X-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Ryazan and Lipetsk regions - Russian Federation;
  • 6 “Iskander-M”/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Kursk and Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation and Crimea;
  • 77 X-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of Volgograd region and the Caspian Sea region;
  • 28 Caliber cruise missiles from surface/underwater carriers in the eastern Black Sea;
  •  3 X-22 cruise missiles from the airspace of Voronezh region - Russian Federation;
  • 10 X-59/X-69 guided missiles from Su-57 and Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of Belgorod region and from the area of Mariupol;
  • 109 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs - launch areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk - Russian Federation, Chauda - Crimea.

He noted that all available weapons and equipment were used to repel the air attack: aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force, mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and electronic warfare units.

In total, 201 air targets were shot down as a result of the air combat - 102 missiles and 99 attack UAVs:

  • 1 X-47M2 “Kinzhal” aerial ballistic missile;
  • 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile;
  • 1 X-22 cruise missile;
  •  99 X-101, “Kalibr” cruise missiles, X-59/69 guided missiles;
  • 99 “Shahed-131/136” attack UAVs.

In addition, several UAVs were lost on the territory of Ukraine, and two more crossed the state border with the Republic of Belarus

 ,” Oleshchuk wrote.

15 областей постраждали від масованої атаки рф, ціллю ворога стала енергетика, є пошкодження у низці регіонів - Шмигаль26.08.24, 10:45

Anna Murashko

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