On the night of 27 August 2024, the Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and downed 91 Russian air attack means, the Air Force command reports.
Last night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with missiles of various types and attack UAVs:
- 3 X-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles (from MiG-31K aircraft from the airspace of the Lipetsk Region - Russian Federation)
- Iskander-M ballistic missile (from the Crimea);
- an "Iskander-K" cruise missile (from Voronezh Region - Russian Federation);
- 5 X-101 cruise missiles (from Tu-22M3 bombers from the airspace of Volgograd Region - Russian Federation);
- 81 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (from Yeysk and Kursk Region - Russian Federation).
As of 9:00 a.m., as a result of combat operations, air defence systems shot down:
- 5 X-101 cruise missiles;
- 60 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type
Ten Russian drones were shot down (presumably crashed) on the territory of Ukraine, one crossed the border with Belarus, and about 10 more are in Ukrainian airspace.
Combat operations were conducted in most regions of the country: Kyiv, Khmelnytskyy, Rivne, Vinnytsya, Cherkasy, Kherson, Mykolayiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kirovohrad Regions.
Combat operations are ongoing.