β‘οΈ THE MOST MASSIVE AIR ATTACK: 102 MISSILES AND 99 ATTACK UAVS SHOT DOWN
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On the night of Monday, August 26, 2024, the Russian occupiers launched a massive combined attack on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, in particular on the fuel and energy sector of the state, using various types of air-, land- and sea-based missiles.
βοΈA total of 236 means of air attack of the enemy were identified and escorted by the radio engineering troops of the Air Force: 127 missiles and 109 attack UAVs:
- 3 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Ryazan and Lipetsk regions - Russian Federation;
- 6 ballistic missiles "Iskander-M" /KN -23 from the Kursk, Voronezh regions - Russian Federation. and from Crimea;
- 77 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of the Volgograd region and the Caspian Sea region;
- 28 Kalibr cruise missiles from surface/underwater carriers in the eastern part of the Black Sea;
- 3 Kh-22 cruise missiles from the airspace of the Voronezh region. - Russian Federation;
- 10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles from Su-57, Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of the Belgorod region. and from the Mariupol district;
- 109 strike UAVs "Shahed-131/136" - launch areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeisk - Russian Federation, Chauda - Crimea.
π₯ All available weapons and equipment were involved in the repulse of the air attack: aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force, mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, and electronic warfare units. In total, as a result of anti-aircraft combat, 201 air targets were shot down - 102 missiles and 99 attack UAVs:
- 1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile;
- 1 "Iskander-M" /KN -23 ballistic missile;
- 1 Kh-22 cruise missile;
- 99 cruise missiles Kh-101, "Kalibr", guided air missiles Kh-59/69;
- 99 attack UAVs "Shahed-131/136".
In addition, several units of UAVs were lost in location on the territory of Ukraine, two more crossed the state border with the Republic of Belarus.
πΊπ¦ Together - to victory!
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π¦ Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk
The scale of the attack and the success rate of repelling the attacks is incredible.
Though it means nothing to them, I feel for the Ukrainians having to relive these horrors every day and night. War is terrible enough when it's military v military. Attacks on civilian infrastructure and population centers are despicable.
This can't end soon enough.