On the night of May 25 (starting from 8:40 PM on May 24), the Russian forces carried out a combined airstrike against Ukraine using 367 aerial attack assets:
- 9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launched from Russia’s Kursk region);
- 55 air- and sea-launched cruise missiles Kh-101, Kalibr from strategic bombers Tu-95 and Tu-160 (launch areas — Saratov region and the Black Sea);
- 1 Kh-22 cruise missile from a Tu-22M3 bomber (launched from airspace over the Black Sea);
- 4 guided air missiles Kh-59/69 from tactical aircraft (launched from the northern direction);
- 298 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various drone decoys launched from Bryansk, Millerovo, Kursk, Oryol, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions in Russia.
The aerial assault was repelled by Ukraine’s Defense Forces, including aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare (EW) units, drone systems, and mobile fire groups.
According to preliminary data as of 09:00 AM:
- 45 Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles were shot down by air defense;
- 2 Kh-59/69 missiles were lost due to location tracking issues;
- 266 drones, including Shaheds and other types, were neutralized across eastern, northern, southern, western, and central regions of Ukraine — 139 were destroyed by firepower, while 127 were suppressed or lost via EW systems.
As a result of the attack, most Ukrainian regions were affected.
Confirmed strikes by enemy aerial weapons were recorded in 22 locations, and crashed debris from downed cruise missiles and attack UAVs landed in 15 locations.
Tragically, due to this barbaric Russian attack, there are fatalities and injuries — including children…
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