On the night of June 5, the Russian army launched another air attack on the territory of Ukraine, using 27 kamikaze drones for strikes.
Points of attention
- The Russian army launched an air attack on Ukraine using 27 kamikaze drones.
- The Air Force of Ukraine shot down 22 Shaheds as a result of anti-aircraft combat.
- For the first time, Ukraine struck Russian territory with Western HIMARS missiles.
- The US allowed Ukraine to strike Russia with its weapons for defense near the Kharkiv region.
- It was one of the first strikes by Western missiles to install HIMARS surface-to-air missiles on Russian territory.
What is known about the results of the air defence system
As noted, on June 5, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 27 kamikaze drones of the Shahed-131/136 type from the Kursk region (Russia — ed.) and Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 22 "Shaheds" were shot down in the Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Poltava regions, the Air Force informs.
To repulse the air attack, the Russian army involved:
anti-aircraft missile units and EW of the Air Force
mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
In Poltava region, an industrial facility was hit as a result of the "Shahed" attack. As a result of the strike of the Russian Federation, one man was injured, but he refused to be hospitalized, the press service of Poltava RMA reported.
The first strike of HIMARS on the Russian territory — satellite images appeared
Recently, Ukraine struck Russian territory for the first time with Western missiles from the HIMARS surface-to-air missile system. Only now did it become known about the consequences of this attack.
The other day, the United States of America allowed Ukraine to strike Russia with its weapons, albeit on territories near the Kharkiv region.
Defense forces have already attacked targets in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
A satellite image of the attack site was published online. It allegedly shows "burnt launchers and a damaged command post of the Russian S-300/400 air defence system after the Ukrainian strike last weekend."
This was one of the first strikes by Western missiles to install HIMARS surface-to-air missiles on Russian territory — after the administration of US President Joe Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to carry out such strikes to defend Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region.
