8 out of 8 Shaheds and 18 cruise missiles destroyed in the sky over Ukraine, Russia launched 51 missiles of various types - Zaluzhny
Kyiv • UNN
Ukraine repelled a massive Russian attack, shooting down 8 drones and 18 missiles out of 59 launched. The targets were civilian and military facilities.
During a massive attack on the night of January 8, Russian troops launched 59 air attack weapons at Ukraine - 8 Shahed attack drones and 51 missiles of various types, destroying all 8 Shaheds and 18 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles. This was reported on Monday by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny, UNN reports.
On the night of January 8, 2024, the enemy launched a massive attack on Ukraine, using cruise, air, ballistic, anti-aircraft guided missiles and attack UAVs. (...) Critical and civilian infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked
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According to him, a total of 59 enemy air attack vehicles were recorded:
- 8 "Shahed-136/131" strike UAVs from the area of Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation;
- 7 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Belgorod region;
- 4 X-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from four MiG-31K aircraft (launch area - Ryazan, Tambov);
- 24 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Engels, Russia);
- 8 X-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from Belgorod region - Russian Federation;
- 6 "Iskander-M" ballistic missiles from Dzhankoy and Chauda areas to Crimea;
- 2 X-31P guided missiles from tactical aircraft (launch area - Belgorod region).
"This time the enemy attacked different regions of Ukraine. In particular, it sent ballistic missiles to Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi regions," he said.
As a result, the defenders of the sky destroyed: 8 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs; 18 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles
