Ukraine's Air Force downs 7 cruise missiles and 32 Shahed drones overnight

Iryna Balachuk — Thursday, 30 May 2024, 07:57

The Russians have launched missile and air strikes on military facilities and critical infrastructure in Ukraine on the night of 29-30 May, using 19 missiles and 32 Shahed drones. All drones and seven cruise missiles have been successfully downed.

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force

Details: In particular, the Russians launched eight S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft missiles at Kharkiv Oblast, 11 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic bombers (Russia’s Saratov Oblast) and 32 Shahed drones from the Russian city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Quote: "As a result of combat efforts, seven Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 32 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs were downed within Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kherson, Kyiv and Vinnytsia oblasts."

Details: Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces were involved in repelling the Russian attack.

Background: 

  • Four strategic bombers took off from the Olenya air base (Murmansk Oblast, Russia) on the night of 29-30 May. Later it was reported that they launched cruise missiles. 

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