Air Force reveals number of missiles fired by enemy that night
On the night of 16 February, the enemy fired 32 cruise missiles at Ukraine.
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported:
The enemy used 12 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from two Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea area, 8 Kalibr cruise missiles from a frigate from the Black Sea area, 12 X-22 cruise missiles from six Tu-22 long-range bombers from the Kursk area and two X-59 guided aviation missiles from two Su-35 tactical aircraft from Melitopol.
Ukraine's Air Forces have destroyed 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, the Kalibr missile and two Kh-59 guided aviation missiles.
The Air Force described the result of the anti-aircraft defence work:
Unfortunately, some of the X-22 cruise missiles have reached their targets, hitting critical infrastructure. There are currently no firepower capable of destroying this type of missiles in service.
Oleg Kotov writes about the war in Ukraine and how it is changing the world.
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