Air Defense Forces destroy 38 missiles and 412 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine
Air Defense Forces destroyed 38 missiles and 412 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of February 2.
According to Ukrinform, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
From 6 p.m. on Monday, February 2, and during the night of Tuesday, February 3, the Russian army launched a combined strike on Ukraine using various types of air and ground-based missiles and UCAVs.
In total, the Air Force's radio-technical troops recorded 521 air attack weapons:
- 4 Zircon/Onyx missiles (the launch area is temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 32 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles (the launch areas are the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 7 Kh-22 / Kh-32 cruise missiles (the launch area is the Bryansk region);
- 28 Kh-101 / Iskander-K cruise missiles (launched from the Caspian Sea and Kursk region of the Russian Federation);
- 450 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types of UCAVs (launched from Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk). Approximately 300 of them were Shahed-type UAVs.
The primary targets of the Russian strikes were the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, and Odesa regions.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, Air Defense Forces shot down/jammed 450 targets, including 38 missiles and 412 drones of various types:
- 4 Zircon/Onyx missiles;
- 11 Iskander-M / S-300 ballistic missiles;
- 3 Kh-22 / Kh-32 cruise missiles;
- 20 Kh-101 / Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 412 UCAVs of various types.
There were 27 missiles and 31 UCAV hits documented in 27 locations, as well as debris from downed UAVs falling in 17 locations.
Information on six Russian missiles is being clarified.
The attack continues
As reported by Ukrinform, on February 3, the Russian army launched strikes with several types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones on eight regions of Ukraine. Among the targets were energy facilities.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian invaders used more than 70 missiles and 450 strike drones to attack Ukraine on February 3. The capital, the regions of Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Vinnytsia were under attack.