UAVs and missiles: Air Force reveals armament Russia used to strike Ukraine on Friday
Russia has involved three vessels in the Black Sea and Tu-95 strategic bomber jets in the large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 10 February.
Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson of the Air Force of Ukraine, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast
Quote: "The enemy started attacking with Shaheds [Iranian-made kamikaze drones - ed.], trying to find out weaknesses of the air defence system. As per the information available, six Kalibr cruise missiles were launched apart from Shaheds; five of the missiles were shot down. In addition, five out of seven Shaheds were shot down as well.
Then, attacks started all throughout Ukraine from strategic aircraft and vessels in the Black Sea. Air-launched and sea-based cruise missiles were launched.
Three vessels were involved: a missile boat, a frigate and a submarine. Moreover, they [Russians] involved eight Tu-95 strategic bomber jets in it. Common places where cruise missiles are launched from are Volgodonsk and the Caspian Sea."
Details: Ihnat has also commented on the statement of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, about two Kalibr cruise missiles that crossed the border of Ukraine with Moldova and flew over the air space of Romania.
Ihnat has said that the Ukrainian forces could have shot down these Russian missiles but there were risks that fragments of these missiles would fall in these states. Therefore, the Ukrainian defenders did not do it right away.
Later, the Ministry of Defence of Romania claimed that the Russian missile flew 35 kilometres from the border; that is, it did not cross the airspace of Romania.
Background:
- An air-raid siren sounded throughout all Ukrainian oblasts on the morning of 10 February. Various oblast military administrations have reported that air defence was activated in their respective regions and that there were strikes of Russian missiles on infrastructure facilities.
- Maksym Marchenko, Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration, has stated that air defence units shot down 13 missiles over Odesa Oblast.
- Mayor of Kyiv has said that ten Russian missiles were shot down over the capital.
- Air defence units have shot down four missiles in Kryvyi Rih district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, three of them – directly over the city of Kryvyi Rih.
- Herman Halushchenko, Minister of Energy of Ukraine, has reported that Russian forces hit energy infrastructure facilities in six regions. Emergency power shut downs are implemented; the situation in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Khmelnytskyi oblasts is the most difficult.
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