Overnight, air defence forces shot down 92 of 151 air targets
22 March 2024 12:27
On the night of 22 March, the Russian occupiers launched a combined missile and air strike against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. The defenders managed to destroy 92 air targets: 55 Shaheds and 37 missiles. This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Komersant ukrainskyi 
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In total, the enemy used 151 means of air attack:
- 63 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs (launch area of Primorsko-Akhtarsk – ed.);
- 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (Belgorod region – Russia, TOT Crimea);
- 40 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles (from thirteen Tu-95MS strategic bombers – the Caspian Sea);
- 5 X-22 cruise missiles (from five Tu-22M3 bombers – Rostov region – Russian Federation);
- 7 X-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles (out of ten MiG-31Ks – Tambov region – Russian Federation);
- 2 X-59 guided missiles (from two Su-30 (Su-34) – TOT of Zaporizhzhya region);
- 22 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles (Belgorod and Kursk regions – Russian Federation).
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and the Army, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Defence Forces were involved in repelling the air strike.
As a result of the air battle, 92 air targets were destroyed:
- 55 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs;
- 35 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles;
- 2 X-59 guided missiles.
The most massive attack on the energy sector
At night and in the morning of 22 March, Ukrainian energy facilities in a number of regions of Ukraine came under a massive Russian attack.
There were hits, in particular, in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
There are casualties.
