In the sky over Ukraine, 113 out of 184 missiles and drones were shot down - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a large-scale attack by the Russian Federation in the night of December 25. Out of 184 enemy missiles and drones launched, 113 targets were destroyed.
The air defense forces of Ukraine shot down 113 out of 184 enemy missiles and attack drones launched by the Russian army in the night of December 25. 59 missiles and 54 drones were destroyed, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Wednesday, according to UNN.
Details
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, on the night of December 25, the Russian occupiers carried out a combined strike on Ukraine's fuel and energy sector targets with missiles of various types from air, ground and sea-based platforms, as well as Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types.
In total, the radio engineering troops of the Ukrainian Air Force detected and tracked 184 enemy air targets:
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch area - Voronezh region);
- 10 S-300/S-400 surface-to-air missiles (launch area - Belgorod region)
- 12 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
- 50 X-101/X-55SM cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch areas - Volgograd region, Caspian Sea);
- 4 guided air-to-surface missiles X-59/X-69 from tactical aircraft (launch areas - Belgorod region - Russia);
- 106 Shahed attack UAVs/drones of various types (from the areas of Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia).
"According to preliminary data, as of 12:00, the shooting down of 113 air targets has been confirmed:
- 55 X-101, X-55SM, Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 4 guided air-to-surface missiles X-59/X-69;
- 54 Shahed attack UAVs/drones of various types, another 52 did not reach their targets (lost in location)", the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
The enemy attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. "Unfortunately, there are hits as a result of the Russian attack", the Ukrainian Air Force added.
Supplement
It is worth noting that the Russians are constantly trying to modify and modernize all the types of missiles and drones they use to attack Ukraine. Experts from the Kyiv Research Institute of Forensic Expertise (KNDISE) commented on what specific features are involved and what role Western components play in the 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 Expertise, 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 X-69 missiles used by the occupiers to attack Ukraine are created from several types of weapons and have foreign components.
