On the night of November 17, 2024 (from 8:00 p.m. on November 16), the Russian occupiers launched a massive combined attack on the energy sector facilities of Ukraine with various types of air-, land-, and sea-based missiles, as well as “Shahed” type UAVs.
In general, according to preliminary data, the radio engineering troops of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detected and escorted 210 enemy air targets — 120 missiles and 90 UAVs.
By types:
– 1 hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 “Zirkon”;
– 8 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles;
– 101 Kh-101 Kalibr cruise missiles;
– 1 “Iskander-M” ballistic missile;
– 4 Kh-22/Kh-31P cruise/anti-radio missiles;
– 5 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles;
– 90 strike UAVs/drones of an unspecified type.
The enemy involved 7 Tu-160 and 16 Tu-95MS strategic bombers, 2 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, 5 Su-34 fighter-bombers, 4 Su-27 fighters, 10 MiG-31K fighters, 4 winged aircraft carriers to the air attack. rockets
During the night, all available forces and means of air defense worked along the tracking route of missiles and drones. Aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare equipment and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved.
According to preliminary data, as of 12.00 there is information about the downing of 144 air targets — 102 missiles and 42 UAVs):
– 1 hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 “Zirkon”;
– 7 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles;
– 85 Kh-101 Kalibr cruise missiles;
– 4 Kh-22/Kh-31P cruise/anti-radio missiles;
– 5 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles;
– 42 attack UAVs/drones of an unknown type (from Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions – Russian Federation).
As a result of active countermeasures by the Defense Forces, 41 enemy UAVs were lost in location in different regions of Ukraine, two more UAVs flew towards Russia and the temporarily occupied territory.
Air defense worked in almost all regions of Ukraine — in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Volyn and Lviv regions.
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