The Russian army attacked the Ukrainian sky with Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Valery Zaluzhnyi reported the night attack of the Russian Federation.
“Around 02:30 am, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation planes – nine Tu-95s from the Olenegorsk region (Murman region) and two Tu-160s from the Caspian Sea region,” he wrote on the Telegram channel.
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, a total of 18 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles were launched.
“15 were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” General Zaluzhnyi said.
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Kyiv survived the second enemy attack in the last three days. Air defense destroyed all enemy aerial objects in the sky of the capital and the region.