Ignat described the characteristics of the nighttime shelling
During today’s massive bombardment, the Russian Federation fired eight Zircon hypersonic missiles at Ukrainian territory.
According to the command, this is the largest-scale simultaneous use of this type of weapon in the entire history of full-scale air attacks.
Air defense forces engaged in heavy air battles, repelling combined strikes in many regions of the country.
In total, during the massive attack, Russian occupation forces launched 73 missiles of various types and 656 attack drones.
Experts note that the vast majority of the missiles launched followed a ballistic trajectory, which is difficult to intercept.
The enemy launched four hypersonic "Zircons" in the morning, and another four were launched from the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea from the south.
“Thus, as a result, there was a fairly large number of ballistic missile strikes, as the geography of today’s attack differed somewhat from that of May 24. Back then, the main target was Kyiv; essentially, all of the enemy’s air assets were attacking the capital,” said Yuriy Ignat, head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force, during a nationwide television broadcast.
This time, the Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava regions, as well as other parts of the country, came under heavy attack.
This was reported by Yuriy Ignat, head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force, during the telethon.
Poland has scrambled its combat aircraft in response to a large-scale Russian air attack on Ukraine
The press service of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command officially announced the emergency response and activation of defense protocols on social media.
Russia attacked Kharkiv and the region overnight; there are casualties
A Russian cargo ship carrying ammunition in the port of Berdyanskwas struck by Luftwaffe drones.
Over the past 24 hours, 291 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the most intense fighting continuing in the Pokrovsk direction.
Over the past day, the Russian army lost another 1,430 soldiers in the war against Ukraine. Ukrainian defenders also destroyed dozens of artillery systems, hundreds of vehicles, and nearly 1,800 drones.
