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Ukrainian air defence forces down 9 ballistic, 13 cruise missiles, 20 Shahed drones

Russians launched missile strikes in Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkiv Regions. 

Ukrainian air defence forces down 9 ballistic, 13 cruise missiles, 20 Shahed drones
Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Photo: General Staff

On the night of 2 September, Russians launched a missile attack on Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkiv Regions using ballistic, cruise and anti-aircraft guided missiles, and attacked with Shahed-type strike UAVs from the south.

This was reported by the Air Force Command.

Combat operations took place in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Mykolayiv and Zaporizhzhya Regions. 

The Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and tracked 58 air targets - 35 missiles of various types and 23 attack UAVs:

  • 16 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Bryansk, Voronezh and Kursk Regions (Russia)
  • 14 X-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of Volgograd Region - Russian Federation
  • 4 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Belgorod Region - Russian Federation;
  • 1 missile of unspecified type from Belhorod Region - Russian Federation;
  • 23 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia.

As a result of combat operations by anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare systems of the Air Force, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, the following were shot down

  •  9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
  •  13 X-101 cruise missiles;
  •  20 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.

In addition, as a result of active countermeasures by the Ukrainian Defence Forces, one X-101 cruise missile and three attack UAVs failed to reach their targets and were lost in the area. The information is being clarified.

As reported, Russia launched another massive attack this morning. Explosions were heard in Kyiv and Kharkiv. As a result of the missile strike, debris fell in Holosiyivskyi, Svyatoshynskyy, Dniprovskyy and Shevchenkivskyy districts of the capital. 

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