On the night of 9 June, Russia launched one of its largest air attacks on Ukraine, using a total of 499 air attack aircraft. Defence forces destroyed 479 of them.
This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In particular, the enemy launched:
- 479 Shahed attack UAVs and imitator drones;
- 4 Kinzhal aerial ballistic missiles;
- 10 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 3 Kh-22 cruise missiles;
- 2 Kh-31P anti-radar missiles;
- 1 Kh-35 cruise missile.
As of 10:30 a.m., 292 targets were destroyed, and another 187 locally lost.
In particular:
- 277 Shahed and other UAVs were shot down, 183 were suppressed;
- all 10 Kh-101 missiles were shot down;
- all 4 ‘Daggers’ were destroyed;
- 2 Kh-22 missiles did not reach their targets;
- Kh-31P and X-35 missiles were destroyed.