Ukrainian defenders downed 29 cruise missiles, 2 Shahed UAVs overnight
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Ukrinform
Between 21:00 on May 17 and 05:30 on May 18, the Russian occupiers launched several waves of missile attacks from different directions. Air defense forces and means of the Air Force, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, destroyed 29 cruise missiles.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
"A total of 30 sea, air, and land-based cruise missiles were launched. 22 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were fired from strategic aircraft: two Tu-160s and eight Tu-95s. Six Kalibr cruise missiles were fired from warships in the Black Sea. Also, two Iskander-K cruise missiles - from ground-based operational-tactical missile systems,” the report says.
In addition, two Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs and two reconnaissance UAVs of the operational-tactical level were shot down.
As reported on Thursday morning, May 18, the Russian forces struck Khmelnytskyi region, targeting an infrastructure facility.
