РФ attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and 332 drones: ППО defused 293 air targets
On the night of 17 October РФ attacked Ukraine with ballistic and cruise missiles and 332 strike UAVs of various types. ППО forces shot down 293 air targets. The hits were recorded at 22 locations.
This was reported by the Air Force ЗСУ.
The enemy attack continued with the 18:00 16 October. Russian troops launched ballistic missiles «Іскандер-М»/KN-23 from the Voronezh and Rostov regions of РФ and the temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as cruise missiles X-22/32 from the airspace of the occupied peninsula.
In addition, the enemy fired four sea-based «Калібр» cruise missiles from Novorossiysk and 332 attack drones, of which 31 jet, of various types.
According to preliminary data on 08:00, ППО destroyed or suppressed 293 air targets:
- four «Калібр» cruise missiles;
- 289 drones Shahed, S-8000 «Бандероль», «Гербера» and other types. Among them - 23 jet UAVs.
Photo: The Air Force
At the same time, the impact of Russian air attack weapons on 22 locations was recorded. The fall of the wreckage of the shot down targets was recorded at three more locations.
The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
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