On the night of 24 January (from 18:00 on 23 January), the enemy carried out a combined strike on Ukraine using various types of air- and ground-based missiles and strike UAVs. According to information from the Ukrainian Air Force Command, a total of 396 air attack weapons were recorded by the Air Force’s radio-technical troops:
- 2 3M22 Zircon anti-ship missiles;
- 12 Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles;
- 6 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles;
- 1 Kh-59/69 guided air missile;
- 375 Shahed, Gerber, Italmas and other types of strike UAVs, about 250 of which are ‘Shaheds’.
The main target of the strike is the Kyiv region. A distinctive feature is the use of strategic aircraft with X-22/X-32 missiles to strike the Ukrainian capital,” the statement said.
According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defence forces shot down/suppressed 372 targets – 15 missiles and 357 drones of various types:
- 9 Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles;
- 5 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles;
- 1 Kh-59/69 guided air missile;
- 357 strike UAVs of various types.
Two missiles and 18 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 17 locations, as well as the fall of downed (fragments) UAVs at 12 locations. Information on 4 enemy missiles is being clarified.
The attack continues, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace.