On the night of January 23, Russia launched a combined missile strike against Ukraine: out of 41 missiles launched, Ukrainian air defense shot down 21, this is stated in a message from the Air Force of Ukraine, reports Ukrainian truth.
“On the night of January 23, 2024, the enemy launched a combined missile attack on Ukraine with cruise, ballistic, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles. During the night, a total of 41 means of air attack by the enemy were registered, most of the missiles fired were of the types attacking on ballistic trajectory:
4 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region – in the direction of Kharkiv region
15 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from six Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area – Engels, RF)
8 Kh-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from Bryansk and Orlovsk regions – in the villages of Kharkov region and Sumsk region
12 “Iskander-M” ballistic missiles (launch area – Belgorod and Voronezh regions)
2 X-59 guided air missiles from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area – Belgorod Region – RF).
As a result of the combat work of the forces and assets of the Air Force, in cooperation with the air defense forces of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the following were destroyed:
15 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles;
5 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
X-59 guided air missile.
2024-01-23 12:15:21
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