Massive Russian attack on 14 June: how many drones and missiles were shot down
14 June 2024 09:20
Last night, Russia launched a combined air attack on Ukraine using more than 30 air assets. The Russians used various types of missiles and Shahed attack UAVs. Air defence forces destroyed seven missiles and 17 drones. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
In total, Russia launched 31 air targets. During this attack, the Russian army used 14 air- and ground-launched missiles, as well as 17 attack UAVs.
The occupiers fired:
- ten X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aircraft (launch area, Saratov region, Russia);
- three Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from Crimea and Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation);
- one X-47M2 Kinzhal aerial ballistic missile (from the airspace of the Tambov region of the Russian Federation);
- 17 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs (launch area – Yeysk, Russia).
Ukrainian air defence “landed” seven X-101/X-555 cruise missiles and 17 UAVs.
“As a result of air combat in Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Kirovohrad regions, 24 air targets were shot down,” Oleshchuk said,
– oleshchuk said.
Explosions were reported in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, as well as in Khmelnytskyi region. In the latter, the enemy, in particular, attacked the city of Starokonstantiniv using Shaheds.
