Ukrainian defenders destroy 43 out of 44 air targets during night attack

Ukrainian defenders destroyed 43 air targets out of 44 launched by Russian forces on the night of 29-30 August, including 28 cruise missiles and 15 attack drones. Source: Ukrainian Air Force; Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Details: Russian forces attacked Ukraine with air-launched cruise missiles and attack drones on the night of 29-30 August.

A total of 44 Russian air targets were recorded:

• 28 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched missiles from 11 Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Engels area;
• 16 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from the south and north (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk).

Air defence systems were responding in several Ukrainian oblasts, following the route of the missiles and drones. Anti-aircraft missile troops, fighter aircraft, mobile air defence fire teams and other weapons were involved in repelling the air strike. Quote from Air Force: "Air Force assets and personnel in cooperation with Ukraine's Defence Forces' air defence systems have destroyed 43 air targets within Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts, including 28 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles and 15 Shahed-136/131 attack drones."

Quote from Oleshchuk: "Almost all enemy air targets were destroyed last night! Thanks to all the defenders who took part in repelling the air attack!" Background: 

• Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine on the night of 29-30 August.
• Russian forces attacked an infrastructure facility in Zhytomyr Oblast, and a fire broke out there as a result of the fall of a downed drone.
• Fires broke out due to the falling debris and there were casualties among civilians in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast.

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