On the night of December 25, Russia launched a combined attack on Ukrainian fuel and energy sector facilities.
This was reported by The Ukrainian Air Force.
It is noted that the aggressor country launched an attack with various types of air, land and sea-based missiles, as well as Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drone imitators.
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In total, the radio-technical troops of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine found and tracked 184 enemy air targets:
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch area — Voronezh region);
- 10 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles (launch area — Belgorod region)
- 12 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
- 50 Kh-101/Kh-55cm cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area — Volgograd region, Caspian Sea);
- 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles from tactical aircraft (launch area — Belgorod region, Russian Federation);
- 106 Shahed attack UAVs/imitator drones of various types (from the Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF).
How many air targets were shot down on December 25
According to preliminary information, as of 12:00, 113 air targets have been confirmed destroyed:
- 55 Kh-101, Kh-55cm, Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles;
- 54 Shahed strike UAVs/imitator drones of various types, another 52 did not reach their targets (location lost).
The enemy attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zaporizhia. Unfortunately, there are losses due to the Russian Federation's attacks.
By the way, President Vladimir Zelensky responded to Russia's attack on Ukraine and noted that Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin deliberately chose Christmas.
