Ukraine claims its defense systems have shot down 14 of the projectiles
Last night Russia fired a total of 32 cruise missiles that were launched from the air and from the sea, and of which the Ukrainian defense managed to shoot down 14, the Ukrainian Army said Thursday.
“Russian occupation forces carried out a large-scale missile attack on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on the night of February 15-16,” the press service of the Ukrainian Air Force Command said, according to reports. Ukrainian agency.
The Russians used twelve cruise missiles of the type ‘Kh-101/Kh-555’, launching them from two ‘Tu-95MS’ strategic bomber aircraft from the Caspian Sea. Others eight ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles were fired from a frigate in the Black Sea and twelve ‘Kh-22’ cruise missiles from six long-range bombers near the Russian town of Kursk, some 200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
In addition, two guided missiles of the type ‘Kh-59’ they were airdropped from two “Su-35” tactical fighter jets in Melitopol, as they flew over the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine.
For their part, units of the Ukrainian Air Force have shot down fourteen ‘Kh-101/Kh-555’ and ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles and two air-launched ‘Kh-59’ guided missiles, according to the sources.
“Unfortunately, some of the ‘Kh-22’ cruise missiles hit their targets, hitting critical infrastructure facilities. At the moment, we do not have weapons capable of shooting down this type of missile,” the Ukrainian Army lamented.
The Kiev authorities had previously confirmed that Russian forces had attacked several Ukrainian regions tonight with drones and strategic aviation, reaching a critical infrastructure in the Lepolis region, but also targets in other areas of the west, north and center of the country.
“Another attack by Russian missiles. Unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles were launched overnight. Unfortunately, there are hits in the north and west of Ukraine, as well as in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions,” the chief of staff of the Russian Federation wrote today. Ukrainian Presidency, Andriy Yermak, on his Telegram account.
The head of the Lepolis Military Administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, reported in the same application that a critical infrastructure has been hit in the western region. “During the air alert, a critical infrastructure object was hit in the Lepolis region. No casualties. The fire was extinguished,” he wrote.
The spokeswoman for the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nataliya Gumenyuk, pointed out that Russia launched a mixed attack with strategic aviation and drones and launched at least eight Kalibr missiles in the south: six over the Mykolaiv region and two against that of Jershn.
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