Overnight, Russians launched rockets and drones to attack Ukraine; 43 of them were intercepted

This information was reported by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russians launched 44 airborne targets onto Ukrainian territory.

28 cruise missiles of the X-101/X-555/X-55 type were fired from 11 strategic Tu-95MS aircraft, originating from the Caspian Sea and the Engels region.

16 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs were launched from the southern and northern directions (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk).

Through the combined efforts of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, a total of 43 airborne targets within the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions were destroyed:

28 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles; 15 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs.

It is worth reminding that on the night of August 30, the Russians conducted a massive attack on Kyiv using missiles and drones. Air defense forces successfully intercepted and destroyed more than 20 hostile targets.

Photo: open sources

Бичек Станіслав

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