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Ukraine's air defence downed 113 Russian aerial targets on Christmas Eve

Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 12:44
Ukraine's air defence downed 113 Russian aerial targets on Christmas Eve
Stock photo: Ukraine’s defence forces

Ukraine’s defence forces destroyed 55 cruise missiles, 4 guided missiles, and 54 drones out of 184 aerial targets launched by Russia on Christmas Eve.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram

Details: Russian forces launched a combined attack on Ukraine's fuel and energy infrastructure, using air, ground, and sea-based missiles of various types, along with Shahed drones and decoy drones, on the night of 24-25 December.

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In total, Ukraine's Air Force's radar units detected and tracked 184 Russian aerial targets:

  • 2 ballistic KN-23 missiles (launched from Russia’s Voronezh Oblast);
  • 10 S-300/S-400 surface-to-air missiles (launched from Belgorod Oblast);
  • 12 Kalibr cruise missiles (fired from the Black Sea);
  • 50 Kh-101/Kh-55SM cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launched from Volgograd Oblast and the Caspian Sea);
  • 4 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air-to-surface missiles from tactical aircraft (launched from Belgorod Oblast);
  • 106 Shahed UAVs/various types of decoy drones (launched from the Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk oblasts, Russia).

Early reports indicate the destruction of 113 Russian aerial targets as of 12:00:

  • 55 Kh-101, Kh-55SM, and Kalibr cruise missiles;
  • 4 X-59/X-69 guided air-to-surface missiles;
  • 54 attack UAVs Shahed/decoy drones of various types, with another 52 failing to reach their targets (locationally lost).

The Russians targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Unfortunately, there has been damage as a result of the Russian attack.

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Quote: "The Air Force is ready to repel any attacks and continues to carry out tasks to protect the country's airspace."

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