⚡️ 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.
❗️A 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.
💥 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.
🇺🇦 Together - to victory!
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🦅 Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk
Imagine if russia used its weapons for defense of its national borders instead of attacking its sovereign neighbor next door. The people of russia should be furious that they are being displaced from their own homes while russian leaders continue to try to play war next door with the military that is supposed to defend them.
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.
