After the night attack of the Shaheds, Russian troops massively attacked Ukraine with missiles. The enemy fired missiles from Tu-95 MS and "Kinzhali", Kyiv and Kharkiv were under a massive attack, where houses are on fire and it is known about dozens of injured and dead.
On the night of January 2, 2024, the enemy repeated a mass attack with air strikes of various types, as it was on December 29, 2023, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny reported.
"Civil and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked. The main direction of the attack is the capital of Ukraine." — posted he is in his official Telegram channel.
In the first wave, they attacked with "shaheds" from the south-eastern direction, with further movement in different regions of Ukraine. All 35 attack UAVs "Shahed-136/131" were destroyed by air defense.
In the morning, the enemy used strategic aviation - Tu-95MS bombers. 16 planes entered the launch line around 6:00 a.m. and launched at least 70 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-based cruise missiles. Starting at 07:30, the launch of ten Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K fighters was recorded.
The enemy also attacked from the sea with three Kalibr cruise missiles, and from the north with 12 ballistic missiles of the Iskander-M/S-300/S-400 type. Four Kh-35P anti-radar missiles were used from Su-31 tactical aircraft.
"According to the preliminary results, the enemy used 99 means of air attack - missiles of various types", — noted Zaluzhnyi.
According to the commander-in-chief, 72 air targets were destroyed by the forces and means of the Air Force in cooperation with units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine:
— 10 out of 10 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missiles;
— 59 out of 70 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles;
— 3 out of 3 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Zaluzhny thanked the air defense soldiers for their work.
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