During a massive missile attack today, December 16, Russian troops tried to wear down Ukrainian air defense. For this purpose, the enemy used aviation from various directions and not only. This was emphasized by the head of the United Coordination Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Nataliya Humenyuk, on the air of the telethon.
"Today's missile attack by scattered forces of the enemy tried to exhaust the air defense, because strategic aviation was also used in different directions, and missile carriers were sent to the sea on rotation, which was not there in the morning. What we reported that they could use such the maximum resource that is possible now," Humenyuk said.
We will remind you that during the massive missile attack on Ukraine, Russian troops fired 76 missiles, 60 of which were destroyed by Ukrainian forces.