On the night of Thursday, May 22, the russian troops launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 128 drones over the territory of Ukraine, the air defense forces managed to shoot down 74 of them, another 38 drones were lost in location (suppressed by electronic warfare means).
The press service of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
It is noted that on the night of May 22 (from 12:30 a.m. on May 22), the enemy attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Taganrog Oblast - the russian federation and 128 Shahed strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the directions of Millerovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - the russian federation, Chauda - TOT Crimea.
"As of 11:00 a.m., air defenses neutralized 112 enemy Shahed UAVs (other types of drones) in the east, north, south and center of the country, 74 were shot down by fire weapons, 38 were lost/suppressed by electronic warfare (without negative consequences)," the report said.
The Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv Regions suffered as a result of the enemy attack.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of May 21, the russians launched 76 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to shoot down 35 of them, another 58 drones were lost/suppressed by electronic warfare (EW) weapons.a
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