On the night of March 22, the Air Defense Forces destroyed 92 air targets launched by the Russian army in Ukraine - 55 enemy "shaheds" and 37 missiles. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.
Reportedly, on the night of March 22, the enemy launched a combined missile and air strike against Ukraine's critical infrastructure.
In total, the enemy used 151 means of air attack:
- 63 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs (launch area of Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation);
- 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (Belgorod region - Russia, TOT Crimea);
- 40 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles (from thirteen Tu-95MS strategic bombers - the Caspian Sea);
- 5 X-22 cruise missiles (from five Tu-22M3 bombers - Rostov region - Russian Federation);
- 7 X-47M2 Kinzhal aerial ballistic missiles (out of ten MiG-31Ks - Tambov region - Russian Federation);
- 2 X-59 guided missiles (from two Su-30 (Su-34) - TOT of Zaporizhzhya region);
- 22 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles (Belgorod and Kursk regions - Russian Federation).
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and the Ground Forces, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the missile attack.
As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 92 air targets were destroyed: 55 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs; 35 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles; 2 X-59 guided missiles