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Air defense forces shot down 36 out of 43 cruise missiles, - Zaluzhnyy. INFOGRAPHICS

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At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, which were constantly changing course. Most of them were destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses.

This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyy on Telegram, Censor.NET reports.

"A total of 43 cruise missiles were launched from 10 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft from the area west of Engels.

The missiles were launched in several waves. They entered Ukrainian airspace from different directions, constantly changing course along the route," he wrote.

Zaluzhnyi noted that 36 of the 43 missiles were shot down.

"Anti-aircraft missile troops, fighter aircraft of the Air Force, units of mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, and other means were used to repel the attack," he said.

Also, according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, at 6:00 a.m., the Russians fired S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at Kharkiv.

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