Ukraine downs 28 incoming air targets overnight Tue

Ukraine downs 28 incoming air targets overnight Tue

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Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted a Russian Iskander-K cruise missile, two Kh-59 guided air missiles, and 25 Shahed-131/136 one-way attack drones.

That’s according to the Air Force Commander, Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukrinform reports.

The Russians attacked Ukraine using two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from Voronezh region, an Iskander-K cruise missile (from Bryansk region), and Kh-59 guided air missiles (from the airspace over the Kursk and Zaporizhzhia regions), as well as 26 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (launch areas – Primorsk-Akhtarsk, Yeisk, and Kursk), the commander reported via Telegram.

As a result of joint efforts by Ukraine’s aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups, and e-warfare capabilities, 28 air targets have been taken down, including an Iskander-K missile, two Kh-59 missiles, and 25 Shahed-131/136 drones over Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, referring to the Kyiv officials, on Tuesday morning the Russians attacked the capital from the northern direction, likely involving cruise missiles of the Iskander-K type. Air defense forces destroyed the missiles on their approach to the city.

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