Russia attacks Ukraine with 382 aerial assets, hits recorded at six locations

Russian forces conducted a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine on 15 April using ground- and air-launched missiles and attack drones. Hits have been recorded at six locations, with debris falling in 12 areas.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Quote: "During the specified period, the air surveillance troops of the Air Force detected and tracked 382 aerial assets:

• 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launched from the Caspian Sea area)
• 1 Iskander-K cruise missile (from Russia's Rostov Oblast)
• 361 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other types of drones launched from the Russian cities of Shatalovo, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk as well as from Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea. About 200 of the UAVs were Shahed loitering munitions."

Details: Early reports indicated that as of 22:00, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 369 aerial assets

• 19 Kh-101 cruise missiles
• 1 Iskander-K cruise missile
• 349 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones.

Hits by 1 missile and 12 UAVs had been recorded at 6 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 12 locations.

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

Background:

• Poland scrambled its aircraft in response to the large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine.
• Russian forces struck an apartment block in the city of Odesa on 15 April, causing a fire. One person was killed in the attack and several others were injured.
• It is also worth noting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war in the Middle East has led to a significant shortage of supplies for the Patriot air defence systems that are used to protect Ukraine's skies.

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