Russians launched over 40 rockets at Ukraine. How many were successfully intercepted

This information was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhny.

During the night of January 23, 2024, the enemy carried out a combined rocket strike on Ukraine, using guided cruise, ballistic, aviation, and anti-aircraft missiles.

Air defense forces were able to destroy 21 enemy missiles out of the 41 launched into Ukrainian territory.

Most of the missiles belonged to types that attack on a ballistic trajectory:

• 4 anti-aircraft guided missiles S-300/S-400 from the Belgorod region – towards the Kharkiv region;
• 15 cruise missiles Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 from six Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area – Engels, Russia);
• 8 Kh-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from the Bryansk and Oryol regions – towards the Kharkiv and Sumy regions;
• 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch area – Belgorod and Voronezh regions);
• 2 guided aviation missiles Kh-59 from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area – Belgorod region, Russia).

As a result of the combat operations carried out by the Air Force in collaboration with the air defense systems of the Armed Forces, the following were destroyed:

• 15 cruise missiles Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55;
• 5 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
• 1 guided aviation missile Kh-59.

It is crucial to note that not all enemy missiles attacking on a ballistic trajectory reached their targets.

Photo: open sources