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Air defense forces shot down 21 cruise missiles in Odessa region

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Air defense forces shot down 21 cruise missiles in Odessa region

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On Thursday, December 29, explosions thundered in Odessa and the region.

During the massive missile attack on Ukraine, the enemy directed missiles from Tu-22, Tu-95 strategic bombers, and surface and underwater missile carriers from the Black Sea to the southern regions.

The enemy hit a critical infrastructure facility in the Odessa region, and fragments of a downed missile damaged a private neighborhood. People were not injured.

"Fragments of one of the enemy missiles hit a residential building. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Unfortunately, due to hits, there is damage to the energy infrastructure, so emergency power outages occur in the region," Maxym Marchenko.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from different directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles from strategic aircraft and ships. There was also a high activity of tactical aircraft of the invaders.

Air defense forces shot down 21 cruise missiles in Odessa region, 2 in the Kherson region. 16 missiles of the Russian invaders were destroyed over Kyiv. Over the territory of the Sumy region - 2 missiles. The head of the Mykolaiv military administration, Vitaly Kim, announced the elimination of five enemy missiles over the sea.


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