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
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