On June 1, Ukrainian defense forces shot down 35 cruise missiles and 46 Shahed-131/136 attack drones.
This was reported by the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk.
He stated that on the night of June 1, Russian invaders launched a massive missile and air strike on critical infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine, using air-, sea-, and land-based missiles, as well as Shahed-type attack UAVs.
In total, the Russian forces launched 53 missiles of various types and 47 attack UAVs:
- 35 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic bombers (launch areas: Saratov region, airspace over the Caspian Sea);
- 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 1 Iskander-K cruise missile (from Crimea);
- 10 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the northeastern part of the Black Sea);
- 3 guided air missiles Kh-59/Kh-69 (from the airspace over the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region);
- 47 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs (launch area Primorsko-Akhtarsk).
To counter the air attack, fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare systems of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were deployed.
As a result of the air battle, 81 air targets were shot down:
- 30 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles;
- 4 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 1 Iskander-K cruise missile;
- 46 Shahed-131/136 attack drones.
Oleschuk emphasized that "Russian forces do not abandon their intentions to destroy the fuel and energy sector of the state. The Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine are doing everything possible to ensure the enemy does not achieve their goals on every front."
