On the night of 13 December (from 18:00 on 12 December), the enemy launched another combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, air, sea and ground-based missiles.
The main target of the strike was the Odesa region, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 495 air attack vehicles – 30 missiles of various types and 465 UAVs of various types. Among them:
- 465 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs, other types of drones (about 270 of them are Shaheds);
- 4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
- 5 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 5 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 16 Kalibr cruise missiles (launch areas – the Black Sea and Caspian Sea waters).
According to preliminary data, as of 12:00, air defence forces shot down/suppressed 430 air targets:
- 417 enemy Shahed and Gerbera UAVs (other types of drones);
- 4 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 9 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Eight missiles and 33 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 18 locations, with debris from downed missiles falling in three locations. In addition, six missiles did not reach their targets (the locations where they fell are being clarified),” the statement said.