The air defense forces of Ukraine shot down 6 missiles and 16 enemy UAVs in the sky over Ukraine, and another 24 drones were lost in location, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Tuesday, according to UNN.
According to the Air Force, during the night of December 31, 2024 (from 8:30 pm on December 30), the enemy used 61 air attack weapons:
- 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region;
- 1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" air-launched ballistic missile from a MiG-31K fighter jet from the airspace of the Tula region
- 6 guided air-to-surface Kh-69 missiles from tactical aviation aircraft from the airspace of the Belgorod region;
- 8 Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft from the airspace of the Tula region;
- 40 Shahed attack UAVs and UAV simulators of other types from the directions of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Bryansk, Millerovo - Russia.
"As a result of the combat work of the air defense missile forces, electronic warfare, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces, the following were shot down:
- 1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" air-launched ballistic missile;
- 5 guided air-to-surface Kh-69 missiles;
- 16 Shahed attack UAVs, another 24 UAV simulators of various types were lost in location (without negative consequences)", the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
It is reported that as a result of the Russian attack, there are hits by ballistics in the Sumy and Kyiv regions.
Supplement
It is worth noting that the Russians are constantly trying to modify and modernize all the types of missiles and drones they have, which they use for attacks on Ukraine. Experts from the KNDISE in a comment to UNN told about what specific features are involved and what role Western components play in changes to the enemy's weapons. The enemy uses not only Western components. According to Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Examinations, the components for the UAVs with which the enemy attacks Ukraine are supplied by about 50 manufacturers from China. In addition, KNDISE experts found that the Russian Kh-69 missiles with which the occupiers are striking Ukraine are made from several types of weapons and have foreign components.