Ukraine Says 36 Russian Cruise Missiles Downed

Kyiv:

The Ukrainian Air Drive mentioned Wednesday it had intercepted 36 cruise missiles fired by Russia throughout a brand new wave of assaults.

“On July 26, 36 enemy cruise missiles have been destroyed,” mentioned Lieutenant Basic Mykola Oleshchuk on the air power’s official Telegram channel.

He didn’t specify whether or not Russian missiles had hit their goal throughout the assault.

In line with the air power, Ukrainian forces intercepted three Kalibr missiles throughout a primary collection of strikes within the afternoon, and 33 X-101 and X-555 missiles within the early night.

The missiles have been fired by eight Tu-95 bombers from the southeast heading in direction of western Ukraine, it mentioned.

The air power talked about one other Russian strike on Wednesday night focusing on the Khmelnytsky area in western Ukraine, which has already been focused a number of occasions by Moscow.

It mentioned details about that strike by MiG-31s, which launched 4 hypersonic Kinjal missiles, was being “clarified”, however that they have been notably troublesome to intercept.

Within the Dnipro central area of Ukraine, the governor mentioned on Telegram that the particles of a downed Russian missile precipitated a hearth which was introduced beneath management with out inflicting any casualties.

In his night handle, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the air power for having shot down “the overwhelming majority” of the missiles.

“I’m grateful to each one in every of them who protects the Ukrainian sky,” he mentioned.

“There have been a couple of hits, and a few missile fragments fell. However it is vitally necessary that the audacity of this assault was destroyed.”

Russia has elevated the bombing of Ukrainian cities over the past two weeks, notably focusing on the important thing port of Odesa on the Black Sea.

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