kyiv, May 14. Ukrainian air defense shot down three cruise missiles and 25 drones last night during attacks launched by Russia from various directions, the Ukrainian Air Force Command reported today.
In a statement on Telegram, he specified that Russia attacked with Shahed-136/131 drones, with Kalibr missiles from ships in the Black Sea and with Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aviation aircraft. .
Specifically, the anti-aircraft defense claimed that it destroyed, in addition to three cruise missiles, 18 Shahed-136/131 drones; an unmanned device of the Lancet type; two tactical-operative Orlan-10; and another four to be specified.
In addition, “during the day of May 13 and at the beginning of May 14, the tactical aviation of the Air Force carried out up to fifty sorties to confront the enemy and provide air cover for the fighters,” the statement added, quoted by “Ukrainska Pravda”.
In statements to television collected by the Unian agency, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian air force, declared that “the enemy is attacking with various types of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles” from all directions, so the map of the night air alerts is “atypical”.
According to Ihnat, the missiles enter the territory of Ukraine from different points, and the Shahed drones can be launched from mobile launchers in any direction.
For its part, the Ukrainian capital’s military administration reported that Russian forces carried out their seventh airstrike last night since May against Kiev in which they launched spy drones into the airspace around the city, which could be destroyed.
“All the unmanned devices that were heading towards Kiev were destroyed at a long distance,” the military administration specified in a statement on Telegram, quoted by the Unian agency, adding that they were probably launched to identify Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense positions. . EFE
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