The Russian invaders launched a massive missile attack on the territory of Ukraine. The President of Ukraine informed about the use of 67 missiles by the enemy.
Russia fired about 70 missiles into Ukrainian territory. More than 50 were shot by Ukrainian soldiers. This was announced on Wednesday, November 23, on the air of the telethon by the representative of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat.
“With the forces and means at our disposal, to achieve such results are the heroic deeds of all the defenders of the sky,” he said.
Ignat said that the Ukrainian air defense system is involved: fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, mobile fire teams with MANPADS throughout the country.
Answering the question of whether weather conditions, especially fog, affect the process of displaying missiles, Ignat said: “If we are talking about shooting missiles with methods that have radar system – radar, then for them the question of weather is not worth it. . However, when we talk about visual contact with the target, weather conditions will be affected.”
The spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added that on November 23, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with sea and air-based missiles.
“10 Tu-95 bombers were launched from Engels airfield and from the Caspian Sea area. Two types of missiles were used, X-101 and X-55. And Caliber missiles were fired from two boats in the Black Sea,” he stressed.
Ignat added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down 51 missiles and 5 kamikaze drones.
It should be noted that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council. He called on the organization to condemn Russian missile attacks on our country’s energy infrastructure and called them “crimes against humanity.”
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Source: korrespondent
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