Air defense downs 37 Russian missiles and 326 drones

Air defense forces have intercepted 37 missiles and 326 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of July 5.

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Air defense downs 37 Russian missiles and 326 drones

Air defense forces have intercepted 37 missiles and 326 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since the evening of July 5.

According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.

According to the military, starting at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 5, the enemy launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack drones and various types of air-, ground-, and sea-based missiles.

Kyiv was the main target of the attack.

In total, the Air Force’s electronic warfare units detected 419 air attack weapons—68 missiles and 351 UAVs:

  • 6 3M22 “Zircon”/“Onyx” anti-ship missiles (launch sites—Kursk Oblast);
  • 23 “Iskander-M”/S-400 ballistic missiles (launch areas: Bryansk, Oryol, and Kursk regions);
  • 33 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launch area: Vologda region);
  • 6 “Kalibr” cruise missiles (launch area: Novorossiysk);
  • 351 Shahed, “Gerbera,” and “Italmas” strike UAVs, as well as “Parody” decoy drones (from the following directions: Shatalovo, Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), and the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk).
  • The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

    According to preliminary data, as of 8:30 a.m. on Monday, July 6, air defense forces shot down or neutralized 363 targets—37 missiles and 326 drones:

  • 31 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
  • 6 “Kalibr” cruise missiles;
  • 326 drones.
  • According to preliminary information, as of 8:30 a.m., 29 ballistic (including anti-ship) missiles and 18 attack UAVs were recorded as having struck 34 locations, and debris from downed UAVs was found at 16 locations.

    Several attack UAVs are currently in Ukrainian airspace.

    As reported by Ukrinform, 11 people were killed and 46 injured in Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack on July 6.

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