On the night and morning of January 23, Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukraine, using cruise, ballistic, air and anti-aircraft guided missiles. Air defense forces managed to destroy 21 out of 41 enemy targets. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi.
Reportedly, a total of 41 means of air attack of the enemy were recorded.
Most of the missiles are of the types that attack by ballistic trajectory:
- 4 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Belgorod region - in the direction of Kharkiv region;
- 15 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from six Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Engels, Russia);
- 8 X-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from Bryansk and Orel region - in the direction of Kharkiv and Sumy regions;
- 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch area - Belgorod and Voronezh regions);
- 2 X-59 guided missiles from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area - Belgorod region - Russia).
As a result of combat operations, the Air Force destroyed:
- 15 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles;
- 5 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- 1 X-59 guided missile.
It is also noted that not all enemy missiles that attacked via ballistic trajectory reached their targets.
Local publics publish the consequences of the attack.
