Russian attack on Ukraine. Air defense neutralized over 300 air targets
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Russian attack on Ukraine. Air defense neutralized over 300 air targets

Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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The Ukrainian Air Force repelled a new Russian attack on the night of July 28. Thus, 311 enemy air targets were neutralized.

Points of attention

  • Ukrainian Air Force successfully repelled a Russian attack on July 28, neutralizing 311 air targets, including attack drones and cruise missiles.
  • The Russian attack involved 324 UAVs, 4 cruise missiles, and 3 aeroballistic missiles from different directions, targeting the Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytskyi region.
  • Air defense combat operations involved aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Results of air defense combat operations on the night of July 28

From 7:30 p.m. on July 27, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with the 331st air attack vehicle (324 UAVs, 4 cruise missiles and 3 aeroballistic missiles):

  • 324 Shahed-type strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the following directions: Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russian Federation;

  • 4 Kh-101 cruise missiles from the airspace of the Saratov region — Russia.

  • 3 Kh-47 M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Lipetsk region — Russia.

The main direction of the attack is Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytskyi region!

Air Force Report

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 09:30, air defenses shot down/suppressed the electronic warfare systems of 311 enemy air attack vehicles:

  • 309 attack UAVs;

  • 2 X-101 cruise missiles.

Hits of 2 missiles of various types and 15 strike UAVs were recorded in 3 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) in several locations. The X-47 M2 aeroballistic missiles did not reach their targets!

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