As a result of active countermeasures, most of the enemy’s missiles did not reach their targets, Nikolai Oleshchuk assured.
On Thursday night, Russian aggressors attacked Ukraine with various missiles and Shahed-type attack drones. Most of the enemy’s targets did not reach their targets, the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk said in Telegram on August 22.
According to him, the Russians launched 10 suicide bombers from the direction of Kursk, mainly against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the front-line territories of the Kharkov region.
The enemy also used Kh-31P anti-radar missiles from the airspace over the Black Sea and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Belgorod region and Crimea.
“Two attack UAVs were shot down by air defense forces and means, and two others were found to be redundant (they fell on their own as a result of active countermeasures, most of the enemy’s missiles did not reach their targets without casualties or serious consequences,” said Oleshchuk.
We remind you that on the night of August 21, the Ukrainian air defense destroyed 51 enemy targets – 50 suicide bombers and one missile. Another 16 enemy UAVs were localized.
Source: korrespondent
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