On the night of April 6, the Russian occupiers carried out a combined strike on Ukraine with air-, ground-, and sea-based missiles and strike UAVs, launching over a hundred types of deadly weapons.
The details of the attack were reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
According to preliminary data, the occupiers struck 132 air attack vehicles — 23 with missiles of various types and 109 strike UAVs (simulator drones of other types), including:
- 9 Kh-101/Kh-55SM cruise missiles (launched from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of the Saratov region - Russian Federation);
- 8 Caliber cruise missiles (launches from the Black Sea);
- 6 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch area Bryansk region - Russia);
- 109 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of simulator drones (launch areas – Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk – Russia; Chauda – Crimea).
The enemy air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare equipment, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 10:00, 53 air targets have been confirmed shot down:
- 6 Kh-101/Kh-55SM cruise missiles;
- 6 Caliber cruise missiles;
- 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile;
- 40 Shahed attack UAVs.
53 enemy drones-simulators - lost in location (without negative consequences).
However, the Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Mykolaiv regions suffered as a result of the enemy attack.
As is known, on the morning of April 6, Russian troops launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Rescuers are currently eliminating the consequences in the Darnytskyi, Obolonskyi, and Solomyanskyi districts of the capital.