All 23 suicide bombers launched by Russia on the night of February 20 were destroyed.
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According to the Air Force, a total of:
two S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles (from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation);
X-31 guided missile (from acting Zaporozhye region);
23 attack drones of the Shahed type (from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russian Federation).
Anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare systems of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack.
As a result of combat work, all 23 “martyrs” were shot down within the Kharkov, Poltava, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kherson and Nikolaev regions.
In the Poltava region, an industrial facility in the Kremenchug region was hit by drones, writes OVA Chairman Pronin. A fire broke out there. There were no casualties or injuries.
Ukraine has all existing air defense systems, Ukrainian Prime Minister Szmigal said during a briefing in Tokyo. He also invited representatives of Japanese business to Kyiv.
Now the situation in Ukraine is completely different than it was two years ago, we have all the existing air defense systems in Ukraine, we need more, but Kyiv is more or less protected thanks to this, Szmigal said.
He also called for the provision of F-16 fighters for defense, since with them Ukraine will seize the initiative in the air, which Russia now has.
Source: Racurs
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