Air defense forces shot down four missiles and 37 "shaheeds" during a large-scale attack on Ukraine
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:11:00 +0200
The Air Force disclosed the details of the massive Russian attack on UkraineAccording to the military, among the identified threats aretwo S300 antiaircraft guided missiles launched from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation over the territory of Sumy Oblasttwo Kh101 cruise missiles launched from Tu95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea regiontwo IskanderM/KN23 ballistic missiles launched from the Voronezh region90 Shahed attack drones and other unidentified drones that took off from the Kursk, PrimorskoAkhtarsk and Oryol regions.To repel the attack, antiaircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved.In the morning, as of 1000, the destruction of two Kh101 cruise missiles, two IskanderM/KN23 ballistic missiles, as well as 37 enemy drones over Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhya, Chernihiv was confirmed and Kirovohrad regions.
In addition, 47 drones were detected in different regions of Ukraine, but the places of their fall or destruction are still being specified.
Two drones left the airspace of Ukraine, heading towards Belarus and Russia, two more remain in the air, where active combat work continues.Zelensky reacted to the largescale attack of the Russian Federation on KyivAs the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted, on November 13 there was another combined attack by Russia on our cities, and there was an effective response to it from our air defense.
And it is important that our forces have something to protect the country from Russian terror.
I am grateful to each of the partners who help.
To deliver antimissiles for our air defense on time, to fulfill agreements on defense systems, on the production and supply of EW, is, without exaggeration, to be saviors of people.
Each such manifestation of the effectiveness of our air defense means saved lives and protected infrastructure.
And the more results our soldiers have, the closer the end of the war will be.
This is how peace is achieved through strength.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi President of Ukraine
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