On the night of August 30, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones. The air defense forces managed to shoot down 43 out of 44 air targets.
Reportedly, a total of 44 enemy air targets were recorded.
In particular, 28 air-launched missiles of the X-101/X-555/X-55 type were fired from 11 Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and the Engels region.
Also 16 attack UAVs of the “Shahed-136/131” type in the southern and northern directions (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk).
Air defense forces and means destroyed all 28 cruise missiles and 15 attack drones in the Kyiv, Cherkassy, Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
Attack on Ukraine
On the night of August 30, Russian troops carried out a massive combined attack on Kiev . In total, more than 20 enemy targets were destroyed by air defense forces and means. After the attack in the capital, a fall of debris was recorded in several areas.
In the Shevchenkovsky district of Kyiv, on the territory of an enterprise, rocket debris killed two people, and another was injured. Also, as a result of the fall of rocket elements, destruction and fires occurred in the Shevchenko and Darnytsky districts.
In addition, during an air raid, explosions were heard in the Cherkasy and Kirovograd regions. It is reported that Ukrainian air defense forces were working in the regions.
Source : RBC