On the night of June 12, Russian troops again attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones. Air defence failed to shoot down only the "Iskander-M" missile.
Points of attention
- Ukrainian air defense destroyed 24 attack UAVs and 5 missiles as a result of the attack of Russian troops on Ukraine.
- Ukraine's air defense repelled 29 air targets, including an aeroballistic missile and cruise missiles.
- Anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups and means of radio-electronic warfare were involved in repelling the attack of the occupiers.
- The attack of Russian troops on the night of June 12 led to the announcement of a large-scale air alert in Ukraine.
- As a result of Russian shelling, one person was injured in a fire at an industrial facility in the Kyiv region.
How the Ukrainian air defence system worked
On the night of June 12, 2024, the occupiers launched a missile-air strike against Ukraine, using air and ground-based missiles, as well as combar drones, Air Force Commander Lt Gen Mykola Oleschuk said.
In total, according to his data, the occupiers used 30 means of air attack:
4 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area, Saratov region of the Russian Federation);
1 "Iskander-M" ballistic missile (from the territory of Crimea);
1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile (from the airspace of the Tambov region of the Russian Federation);
24 kamikaze drones of the "Shahed-131/136" type (launch area — Yeisk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the Russian Federation).
How air defence worked
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and EW equipment of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy's air attack.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 29 air targets were shot down:
1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile;
4 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles;
24 kamikaze drones of the "Shahed-131/136" type.
Anti-aircraft defence worked in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia regions.
Russian overnight strike on Ukraine on June 12
On the night of June 12, Russian troops again staged a massive attack on Ukraine, using drones and missiles. A large-scale air alert was announced in Ukraine.
Explosions rang out in Kyiv and Odesa. At the moment, it is known that there was a fire at an industrial facility in the Kyiv region, and one person was injured.
