Air Force on repelling Russian attack on 6 June: 406 targets destroyed, 32 strikes and debris falls

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14 hours ago

Russia attacked Ukraine with 452 air targets – missiles and drones – on the night of 5-6 June. Ukrainian air defence downed 406 targets, with strikes in 13 locations and debris falling elsewhere.
Source: Air Force on social media
Details: From 20:00 on 5 June, the Russians used:
- 407 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones that were launched from the Russian cities of Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Hvardiivske in temporarily occupied Crimea;
- 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from Russia's Kursk and Voronezh oblasts;
- 36 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS/Tu-160MS strategic aircraft launched from the airspace of Russia's Saratov Oblast, over the Caspian Sea;
- 2 Iskander-K cruise missiles from Dzhankoi in Crimea;
- 1 Kh-31P anti-radar missile from a tactical aircraft over the Black Sea.
Early reports indicate that as of 10:00 a.m., air defence forces destroyed 406 Russian air attack assets throughout the country:
- 199 Shahed-type UAVs (other types of drones) were shot down by fire weapons, 169 disappeared from radar/were suppressed by electronic warfare;
- 4 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, two more did not reach their targets (disappeared from radar);
- 30 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 2 Iskander-K cruise missiles.
Meanwhile, strikes were recorded in 13 locations and debris fell in 19 locations.
The air attack was repelled by aicraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, as well as mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian defence forces.
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