72 of 99 enemy missiles were destroyed, including 10 of 10 "Kinzhals," - Zaluzhnyi
On the night of 2 January 2024, the enemy repeated a massive attack using various types of air attack, as it had done a few days earlier - on 29 December 2023.
This was reported on Facebook by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Censor.NET reports.
According to him, civilian and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked. The main focus of the attack is the capital of Ukraine.
The first wave of attacks came from the south-east, with "shaheds" moving through different regions of Ukraine.
Zaluzhnyi reminds that all 35 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs were destroyed by air defence, as reported earlier.
In the morning, the enemy used strategic aviation - Tu-95MS bombers. 16 aircraft reached the launch line at around 6.00 a.m. and launched at least 70 X-101/X-555/X-55 air-launched cruise missiles.
Ten X-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles were launched from MiG-31K fighters from 07.30 a.m.
The enemy also attacked from the sea with three Kalibr cruise missiles, and from the north with 12 missiles flying on an Iskander-M/S-300/S-400 ballistic trajectory.
Four X-31P anti-radar missiles were fired from Su-35 tactical aircraft.
According to preliminary results, the enemy used 99 air attack weapons - missiles of various types.
The Ukrainian Air Force, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Defence Forces, destroyed 72 air targets:
- 10 out of 10 X-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
- 59 out of 70 cruise missiles X-101/X-555/X-55;
- 3 of 3 Kalibr cruise missiles.
"I thank our air defence soldiers for their work!" the Commander-in-Chief wrote.
