On the night of 23 December (from 18:00 on 22 December), the enemy launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, air- and ground-based missiles, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 673 air attack vehicles – 38 missiles and 635 UAVs of various types. Among them were:
- 635 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs (about 400 of them were ‘Shaheds’);
- 3 Kh-47M2 ‘Kinzhal’ aeroballistic missiles;
- 35 Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles.
According to preliminary data, as of 11:30 a.m., air defence forces shot down/suppressed 621 air targets:
- 587 enemy Shahed and Gerbera UAVs (other types of drones);
- 34 Kh-101 and Iskander-K cruise missiles.
Missile strikes and 39 strike UAVs were recorded at 21 locations, with downed debris found at 8 locations. In addition, three aeroballistic missiles did not reach their targets (the locations of the crashes are being clarified),” the report said.
The enemy continues to attack with drones.