Ukraine informed having successfully intercepted and destroyed a barrage of 13 cruise missiles launched by Russian forces targeting a military airfield in the Khmelnytskyi region.
Ukraine said Friday it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight, targeting an airfield in the country’s west.
“Thirteen of the occupiers’ cruise missiles were destroyed on June 23… This time, the attack was aimed at a military airfield in the Khmelnytskyi region,” the Ukrainian air force said on social media.
Russia launched waves of aerial attacks with cruise missiles and attack drones over the winter, prompting Kyiv to appeal to its Western allies to bolster its air defense systems.
“The launches were carried out around midnight from the Caspian Sea from four Tu-95MS bombers,” the air force statement said.
The mayor of Khmelnytskyi, Oleksandr Symchyshyn, reported explosions in the town with a pre-war population of around 275,000 and praised Ukrainian air defense systems.
Ukraine also said that it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone overnight.
Miroslava Salazar with AFP
