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Air Defence Forces down 32 Russian Shaheds, seven cruise missiles

The Russians also launched eight S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles at Kharkiv Region. 

Air Defence Forces down 32 Russian Shaheds, seven cruise missiles

Overnight, the Air Defence Forces shot down seven Russian cruise missiles and 32 Shahed-131/136 drones.

This was reported by the Air Force Command.

It is noted that on the night of 30 May, the Russians launched an air strike on military facilities and critical infrastructure of Ukraine using eight S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles in Kharkiv Region, 11 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aircraft (launch area Saratov Region - Russia) and 32 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia and Cape Chauda (Crimea).

The Russia's air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Defence Forces.

As a result of the air battle, seven X-101/X-555 cruise missiles and 32 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs were shot down in Khmelnytskyy, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, Kherson, Kyiv and Vinnytsya Regions. 

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