On September 12, the Russian occupiers fired 69 aerial targets over Ukraine. Air defense forces of Ukraine destroyed 44 attack UAVs.
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- On September 12, Russian occupiers fired 69 aerial targets over Ukraine, leading to the destruction of 44 attack UAVs by the Ukrainian Air Force.
- Details reveal that the Russian attack involved missiles and guided air missiles launched from various regions, resulting in significant countermeasures by Ukrainian defense forces.
- The anti-aircraft defense operations were successful in multiple regions, thwarting most of the enemy missiles from reaching their intended targets.
- The city of Konotop in the Sumy Oblast suffered infrastructure damage, with 13 people injured as a result of the Russian strike on energy and civil facilities.
- Despite the losses and damages, Ukrainian efforts, including the activation of 'Points of Invincibility,' demonstrated resilience and determination in the face of the Russian attack.
The Air Force revealed the details of the Russian attack on Ukraine
As noted, on the night of September 12, 2024, radio engineering troops of the Air Force detected and escorted 69 enemy air attack vehicles.
The occupiers hit Chernihiv region with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Kursk region and one Kh-59/69 guided air missile from the Bryansk region, two Kh-22/32 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft (from the airspace over the Black Sea in the direction of Zmiiny Island), by 64 Shahed-type strike UAVs (launch areas: Kursk, Yeisk — RF., Chauda — Crimea).
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 44 attack UAVs were shot down. Three enemy drones flew back to Russia, four more were lost in location on the territory of Ukraine (information about casualties and destruction was not received).
Due to the active countermeasures of the Defense Forces, most of the enemy missiles did not reach the desired targets. Anti-aircraft defense worked in Kyiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhya and Poltava regions.
The Russian Federation attacked Konotop in the Sumy Oblast
As the mayor of Konotop, Artem Semenikhin, reported, there were several "arrivals", the enemy hit the infrastructure of our city. There is currently no light in the city.
The enemy struck, in particular, the city center, residential buildings. I hope we were able to get all the residents out of the house. Now we are running backup power sources to supply the network with water, because there is not enough water to put out the fires.
Later, the mayor of Konotop announced that the "Points of Invincibility" were starting to work in the city.
Later, it became known that 13 people were injured as a result of the Russian strike on energy and civil infrastructure facilities in Konotop.
