The enemy plane “landed” in the East direction. In addition, 12 suicide bombers and an X-59 missile were shot down during the night.
On the morning of February 18, Ukrainian defenders shot down an enemy Su-34. In addition, 12 attack drones and an X-59 guided missile were destroyed during the night, said Nikolai Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Today, around 6:00, another Su-34 “successfully returned” to the base! There were also 12 downed “martyrs” and an X-59 aircraft missile,” the lieutenant general wrote in Telegram.
The air force clarified that on Sunday night Russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with six S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles, three Kh-22 cruise missiles and one Kh-59 guided aircraft missile. The enemy also released 14 Shahed-type attack drones.
It was noted that anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine, and electronic warfare equipment were involved in repelling the air attack.
“As a result of the fighting, 12 suicide bombers and one X-59 guided missile were shot down within the regions of Chernigov, Sumy, Poltava, Kirovograd, and Dnepropetrovsk. Around 6:00, soldiers of the Vostok air command landed a another Russian aircraft – a Su-3 fighter-bomber in the Eastern direction,” the military emphasized.
We remind you that on the morning of February 17, the Air Force destroyed three Russian fighters in the Eastern direction.
Source: korrespondent
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