Consequences of a massive Russian attack on Ukraine: everything flew except the Calibers
on 29 December, Russia shelled Ukraine with almost everything it has in its arsenal.
This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Today Russia hit with almost everything it has in its arsenal: daggers, S-300s, cruise missiles, UAVs. Strategic bombers were launching Kh-101/X-505s. Approximately 110 missiles were fired, most of them were shot down," he noted.
Unfortunately, he said, the shelling resulted in deaths and injuries.
As of 11:00, according to the Interior Ministry, 12 people were killed in Ukraine as a whole.
In his turn, the speaker of the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said during the telethon that the Russian Federation used all types of weapons except for Kalibras. Moreover, the target was not specific objects, but the entire territory of Ukraine.
Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny summarised that the Russians used a total of 158 means of air attack.
According to preliminary results, this night the enemy used 158 means of air attack against Ukraine: missiles of various types and attack BPLA," the statement said.
The forces and means of the Air Force in cooperation with units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed:
- 27 strike UAVs "Shahed-136/131"
- 87 cruise missiles Kh-101/X-555/X-55
According to him, the attack took place as follows:
- "First, the occupants traditionally attacked with Shaheds from the northern and southeastern direction, with subsequent movement in the western direction. A total of 36 "Shahed-136/131" attack UAVs were recorded.
- Around 3.00 the enemy took to the air strategic aviation - bombers Tu-95MS. In total - 18 aircraft, which came to the launch line at about 6.00 am and launched at least 90 air-launched cruise missiles Kh-101/X-555/X-55.
- From the Kursk region around 05:00 am, the enemy used Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, which launched eight Kh-22/X-32 cruise missiles in the direction of the northern and central regions.
- At the same time, the occupants hit Kharkiv with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. In total, the enemy fired at least 14 missiles flying on a ballistic trajectory - S-300/S-400/Iskander-M from occupied Crimea, Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia.
- At 6.30, five MiG-31K fighter jets were recorded taking off, launching five Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the Astrakhan region.
- Also from Su-35 tactical aircraft used four X-31P and one X-59 anti-radar missiles.
What is known about the attacks in Ukrainian cities
As of 11 am it is known about the injured and dead, as well as the destruction in such cities:
- Two people were killed in Zaporizhzhya because of the Russian attack. Industrial and residential buildings were damaged.
- In Lviv, three schools and a kindergarten were damaged and one person was killed because of the Russian attack.
- In the city of Dnipro there are dead, a maternity hospital and a shopping centre were damaged.
- In Odessa, the Russians hit a residential building. Two dead, children injured.
- In Kharkiv because of the massive shelling killed, damaged hospital.