Ukraine's air defence forces destroyed 114 Russian targets, missiles and drones out of 158 during Russia's massive air strike on Ukraine on 29 December, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said.
Air defence work on December 29
According to preliminary data, last night Russian troops used 158 air attack weapons against Ukraine: missiles of various types and anti-aircraft missile systems.
In total, the Air Force, in cooperation with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroyed:
27 attack drones "Shahed-136/131"
87 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles.
Russia’s missiles fired at Ukraine
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi said that at first the occupiers attacked with Shaheds from the north and south-east, with further advancement in the western direction.
A total of 36 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs were spotted over Ukraine.
At around 3:00 am, the Russian occupiers used strategic aviation, sending 18 Tu-95MS bombers towards Ukraine.
They arrived at the launch line around 6 a.m., and launched at least 90 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles.
Gen Zaluzhnyi also said that at around 05:00 a.m., the Russians used Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the Kursk region of Russia, which fired eight Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles in the direction of the northern and central regions of Ukraine.
At the same time, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
In total, the enemy launched at least 14 S-300/S-400/Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the occupied Crimea, Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia.
At 6:30 a.m., five MiG-31K fighter jets took to the air and launched five Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the Astrakhan region.
Four Kh-31P anti-radar missiles and one Kh-59 were used from Su-35 tactical aircraft.
