Russians attack Ukraine with Shaheds and missiles at night. Air defense downed Kh-59 and 14 drones

Overnight into February 12, the air defense forces shot down an air missile and 14 Shaheds.

This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is noted that overnight into February 12, the russians attacked Ukraine with 17 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region (russia), Kh-59 guided air missiles (temporary occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia Region) and S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (from the Belgorod Oblast).

As a result of combat work, 14 Shaheds and one Kh-59 guided air missile were destroyed within the Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia Regions.

Units of mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the air attack.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on February 11, the commander of the Tavria Operational and Strategic Troops Group (OSTG) Oleksandr Tarnavskyi stated that the russian occupiers set themselves the goal of capturing Avdiyivka and Novomykhaylivka in the near future.

On February 6, the head of the Avdiyivka City Council, Vitalii Barabash, reported that individual russian sabotage and intelligence groups were entering the city.

On February 4, Ukrainian journalist Andrii Tsaplienko reported that the russian occupation forces took advantage of the worsening weather conditions and entered the northern outskirts of Avdiyivka, Donetsk Region.