The Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine on the night of February 12 with 17 Shahed combat drones, a Kh-59 guided air missile and S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
The Air Force disclosed the details of the Russian attack on Ukraine
Combat work to repulse the air attack was conducted on the territory of six regions:
in Khmelnytskyi,
Vinnytsia,
Kirovohrad,
Mykolaivska,
Dnipropetrovsk,
and Zaporizhzhia.
The Air Force noted that that night, the enemy attacked with 17 "Shahed-136/131" type UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region (Russia), Kh-59 guided air missile (temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region) and an anti-aircraft guided missiles S-300 (from Belgorod region, Russian Federation).
Units of mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in the repulse of the air attack, the message says.
The defenders managed to destroy 14 drones and one Kh-59 missile.
What is known about the attack of the Russian Federation on February 12
On the evening of February 11 and the night of February 12, an air alert was announced in several regions in Ukraine due to the threat of enemy attacks using kamikaze drones and missile weapons. The Russian invaders once again launched "Shakhed" in the direction of Ukraine in several groups.
Pavlograd of the Dnipropetrovsk region was hit by drones late in the evening on Sunday. Serhiy Lysak, the head of RMA, said that as a result of the attack, part of the settlements of Pavlograd and Synelnykskyi districts were cut off, and there were water interruptions.
In addition, the Air Force command warned at night about enemy "Shaheds" movement in various regions.
The military was also told about the threat of enemy strikes using rockets. Explosions were reported in Kharkiv around eleven in the evening on Sunday.
Later, the local authorities announced that rockets were fired at Lyubotyn in the Kharkiv district, initially from the S-300 complex. Damaged facades of non-residential buildings were reported.
