Russia strikes Ukraine with 4 missiles and 129 drones, air defences down 115 aerial assets

Russian forces have attacked Ukraine with four Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles and 129 drones since the evening of 13 April. One missile and 114 drones have been destroyed or jammed, although some strikes have been recorded.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Quote: "As of 08:00, [Ukrainian] air defence forces had destroyed or jammed one air-to-surface missile and 114 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the country's north, south and east.

Hits by 12 UAVs had been recorded at 8 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 5 locations.

Information on three enemy missiles is still being confirmed."

Details: The missiles were launched from temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast, while the drones came from the Russian cities of Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk as well as Cape Chauda and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea and occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast.

About 90 of the UAVs were Shahed loitering munitions.

Aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare assets, unmanned systems units and mobile fire groups from Ukraine's defence forces have been involved in repelling the attack.

As of the morning, the attack is ongoing, as several Russian drones are still in Ukrainian airspace.

Background: A civilian Panamanian-flagged vessel and port infrastructure were damaged in a Russian strike on the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast on the night of 13-14 April.

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