Ukrainian air defence downs Russian cruise missile in Odesa Oblast
Ukraine's defence forces destroyed a Russian cruise missile in Ukraine's south on Tuesday, 28 January.
Source: Air Command Pivden (South)
Quote: "On the morning of 28 January, air defence units of Ukraine's south shot down a cruise missile, presumably an Iskander-K, in Odesa Oblast."
Background: On the night of 27-28 January, Russia attacked Ukraine with 100 attack drones, and air defence destroyed 65 of them. Twenty-eight more disappeared from radar, and the remaining two flew to the territory of Russia and Belarus.
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