Early today, February 7, Russian invaders carried out several attacks on the territory of Ukraine, using various means of air attack – attack drones, cruise, ballistic and anti-aircraft guided missiles.
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This was reported on the Facebook page of the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In total, the Russians used 64 air attack weapons:
- 20 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-136/131” type (launch area – Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 29 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from 10 Tu-95MS strategic aviation aircraft (launched in Engels (Russian Federation), Caspian Sea);
- four Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers (launch area Sevastopol (Crimea), Kursk (Russian Federation);
- three sea-launched cruise missiles “Caliber” from carriers in the Black Sea (launch area – Novorossiysk (Russian Federation));
- three Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from Cape Tarkhankut (Crimea) and the Voronezh region (RF);
- five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (launch area – Belgorod region of Russia).
As a result of combat work, 44 air targets were destroyed by fire weapons of the Air Force and Defense Forces:
- 26 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles;
- three Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 15 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-136/131” type.
Anti-aircraft missile forces and fighter aircraft of the Air Force, units of mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and electronic warfare equipment were used to repel the air attack, the report says.
Source: Racurs
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