Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement on Telegram claiming that Russia's missile assault involved cruise, aero-ballistic, ballistic, aviation and anti-aircraft guided missiles, as well as military drones.
The statement listed 40 means of Russian air attack. Over half of the weapons, however, did not reach their intended targets, as Ukrainian forces shot down eight missiles and defeated more than 20 others with electronic interference.
The Ukrainian Air Force took the results as proof that Russia's "unparalleled" missiles are getting "worse and worse."
"However, this does not mean that they do not pose a threat, on the contrary," the statement read. "Therefore, be vigilant, do not ignore the alarm, especially with the use of 'ballistics.'"
This is the third large-scale strike Russia has delivered against Ukraine in the new year. The cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv suffered a major aerial bombardment on Jan. 2, which killed at least six people and injured more than 130.
Russia on Monday issued another barrage of missiles and drones against various Ukrainian cities and villages, which killed four people and injured at least 38.
Ukrainians also are coming under a harsh winter that could leave millions without heat and electricity if power infrastructure is damaged. Temperatures got as low as 8 degrees Fahrenheit in central Ukraine and dipped below freezing in the east on Saturday morning.
Russia launched 40 missiles, drones overnight: Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 13, 2024 -
Russia launched dozens of attacks over Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Saturday, as Kyiv pushes for more air defence.
"A total of 40 means of enemy air attack were recorded," the air force said, adding it destroyed eight missiles.
Ukraine's air force said Russia attacked with a wide-range of weapons including cruise, ballistic, anti-aircraft missiles as well as drones.
"More than 20 devices" failed to reach their targets due to "active measures by means of electronic warfare," it added.
Spokesperson Yuri Ignat later clarified.
"Either they fell in the fields, they were detonated in the air, or they were affected by means of radio-electronic warfare of our defence forces," he said on television.
Authorities have not yet reported any fatalities.
A missile attack in the northeastern Sumy region wounded one civilian and damaged 26 buildings, Ukraine's prosecutor general said.
"There is damage" in the northern region of Chernigiv, its governor Vyacheslav Chaus said, adding authorities were "not disclosing the places yet".
In the central Poltava region, an unexploded missile fell in a residential house's backyard, governor Philip Pronin said.
Ukraine's neighbour Poland had briefly activated air defence systems due to the increased level of threat.
Ukrainian territory close to the frontline was also targeted by Russian artillery.
Shelling wounded one civilian in Beryslav, on the shores of the Dnipro river in southern Kherson, on Friday evening.
"A 71-year-old woman was found under the rubble of an apartment building" and is being provided with medical help, the region's governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Saturday.
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