On the night of March 6-7, Russia launched a new massive attack on Ukraine's critical infrastructure using strike drones, land-based and sea-based missiles. The Ukrainian Air Force emphasizes that a total of 509 air attack vehicles were involved.
Points of attention
- Ukraine successfully repelled the air attack using aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems units.
- As of 09:00, air defenses managed to shoot down or suppress a total of 472 targets, including missiles and drones.
Russia's attack on Ukraine on March 6-7 — air defense report
For a new air attack, the enemy used:
2 hypersonic missiles "Tsirkon" (launch area - TOT AR Crimea);
13 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles (launch areas — Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh regions of the Russian Federation);
14 Kalibr cruise missiles (launch area — Black Sea);
480 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type and drones of other types from the following directions: Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - RF, Gvardiyske, Chauda TOT AR Crimea, about 290 of them are "Shaheeds".
The main areas of attack are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr region, Khmelnytskyi region, and Chernivtsi region.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
💥 According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defenses shot down/suppressed 472 targets — 19 missiles and 453 drones of various types:
8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
11 Caliber cruise missiles;
453 enemy UAVs of various types.
