Russian attack on 18 August: Ukrainian forces destroy 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 Shahed UAVs
Russian forces launched 16 aerial targets on Ukraine on the night of 17-18 August. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 13 of them: 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 kamikaze drones.
Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram
Details: The Russians targeted Ukraine with ballistic missiles from Kursk and Voronezh oblasts, cruise missiles and air-to-ground missiles and Shahed-type loitering munitions from Russia's Kursk Oblast on the night of 17-18 August 2024.
Ukrainian air surveillance troops detected a total of 16 Russian aerial targets:
- 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 2 Kh-59 air-to-ground missiles;
- 3 cruise missiles (type to be specified);
- 8 Shahed-131/136 loitering munitions.
A total of 13 aerial targets have been reportedly shot down by anti-aircraft missile units from Ukraine's Air Force, mobile firing groups from Ukraine's defence forces and electronic warfare units in Kyiv, Sumy and Poltava oblasts:
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 3 cruise missiles (type to be specified);
- 8 Shahed-131/136 loitering munitions.
Oleshchuk added that the missiles not accounted for in the shootdown statistics did not reach their intended targets. Early reports indicate there were no casualties.
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