Air defense shot down more than 40 Russian drones and missiles

Enemy targets were fired upon by anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft, electronic warfare equipment and mobile fire groups.

On Sunday night, Russian invaders launched missile and air strikes in Ukraine using 14 missiles and more than three dozen attack drones. Almost all of them were destroyed. This was announced by the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk on Telegram on May 26.

Yes, the enemy launched:

• 2 Kh-47M2 Dagger aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft (launched from the airspace of the Tambov region – Russian Federation);

• 12 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 TS strategic aviation aircraft (launch site of Saratov region – Russian Federation);

• 31 attack UAV Shahed-131/136 (launched – Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeisk – Russian Federation, Cape Chauda – Crimea).

There was a fierce battle against aircraft in the airspace of Ukraine. Enemy targets were fired upon by anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft, electronic warfare equipment and mobile fire groups. In total, 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles and all “shaheds” were shot down.

“Air targets were destroyed in the regions of Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporozhye, Khmelnitsky, Kirovograd, Vinnytsia and Chernihiv,” wrote Oleshchuk and thanked everyone who ensured this result.

We remind you that tonight Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine. Explosions were heard in the Khmelnitsky region. A video of shooting at enemy targets in the Khmelnitsky region was also released.

And in the Vinnytsia region, debris from a downed drone fell on residential buildings. Some people were injured.

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