Russians target critical infrastructure: Ukraine’s Air Force downs 48 attack drones and 5 cruise missiles

The Russians attacked Ukraine's critical infrastructure with five cruise missiles and 53 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs on the night of 6-7 June; all missiles and 48 drones were destroyed.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram

Quote from the Air Force: "As a result of combat efforts, 48 attack UAVs and five Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were shot down in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Khmelnytskyi oblasts."

Details: The Russians launched the missiles from strategic long-range Tu-95MS bombers from the airspace of Russia’s Saratov Oblast. They launched Shahed drones from the areas of the Russian cities of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk and Kursk and Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea.

The air attack was repelled by mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian defence forces, fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops and electronic warfare units of the Air Force.   

Background:

• Russia launched another combined attack on the territory of Ukraine on the night of 6-7 June.
• A fire broke out at an industrial facility in Kyiv Oblast.

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