Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
The invaders attacked Ukraine with two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles launched from MiG-31K aircraft in Russia's Tambov region, 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the Saratov region, and 31 Shahed-131/136 strike drones launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Yeysk, Russia, and Cape Chauda, Crimea.
Read also: Russia's combat losses in Ukraine climb to 501,190The anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft and electronic warfare units of the Ukrainian Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 31 Shahed-131/136 strike drones.
The enemy targets were destroyed in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia and Chernihiv regions.