Russian forces once again attacked Ukraine with missiles and kamikaze drones overnight on March 31. Air defense systems shot down 18 targets.
This was reported by the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykola Oleshchuk, on Telegram.
In total, the Russians launched:
• 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch areas in Saratov region);
• 11 Shahed combat drones (launch areas in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Crimea);
• an Iskander-M ballistic missile (Crimea);
• a Kh-59 guided aviation missile (Zaporizhzhia region).
Anti-aircraft defense forces destroyed nine Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles and nine Shahed drones.
Zenit anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft of the Air Force, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare assets of the Defense Forces were involved in repelling the attack.
