Air defense forces shot down 83 aerial targets during a nighttime attack by Russia
On the night of July 3, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with two X-59/69 guided air-to-ground missiles and 105 strike and decoy drones. Air defense forces destroyed or neutralized 83 aerial targets.
The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 08:30, air defense forces had shot down or neutralized 83 targets—1 X-59/69 guided air-to-ground missile and 82 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerber, Italmas, and other types of drones in the north, south, and east of the country.
One X-59/69 guided air-to-ground missile and 21 attack UAVs were recorded as having struck 16 locations, and debris from downed UAVs was found at 5 locations.
The attack is ongoing, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace. Please follow safety guidelines! This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
On the night of July 1, Russian troops carried out a massive attack with strike drones on the Dnipropetrovsk region.
As a reminder, on the evening of June 30, Russian troops attacked an electric locomotive in the Dnipropetrovsk region with a drone. There were no casualties, as the locomotive crew was warned of the danger in time, and the workers managed to take cover.
Ukrainian drones struck eight of the ten largest Russian oil refineries by processing volume, with some facilities being hit multiple times.
