On the night of August 30, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 43 of 44 air targets. This was reported in Telegram by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny.
Reportedly, a total of 44 enemy air targets were recorded.
In particular, 28 air-launched missiles of the X-101/X-555/X-55 type were launched from 11 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and the Engels region.
Also, 16 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs were launched on the southern and northern directions (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk).
Air defense forces and means destroyed all 28 cruise missiles and 15 attack drones in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.
