A Ukrainian soldier of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named just after King Danylo, operates the exam flight a new FPV drone in the instruction region as troopers check their new army devices as Russia-Ukraine war proceeds in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 03, 2023.
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Russia launched a multi-wave right away attack on Ukraine, utilizing 70 air-assault weapons, like cruise and hypersonic missiles and Iranian-created drones, Kyiv’s Air Drive claimed on Sunday, and at minimum 10 missiles look to bought via air defences.
Ukraine’s air defence destroyed 30 out of 40 cruise missiles and all 27 of the Shahed drones that Russia introduced overnight, the Air Drive — which is celebrated in a holiday on Sunday — reported on the Telegram messaging channel.
It also claimed Russia launched a few Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, but did not disclose any further more information and facts on them.
“In total, in many waves of assaults, from the night of Aug. 5 to the early morning of Aug. 6, 2023, the enemy utilized 70 signifies of air assault weapons,” the Air Pressure mentioned.
Reuters could not independently validate the report. There was no immediate remark from Russia.
It was not straight away apparent no matter if there was any hurt from the right away assault or what transpired to the 10 cruise missiles that ended up not shot down.
The deputy governor of the Khmelnytskyi area in western Ukraine, Serhiy Tiurin, claimed that a armed forces airfield in Starokostiantyniv was amongst the targets.
“The Starokonstiantyniv airfield is on the enemy’s head. There was a sequence of explosions in Starokonstiantyniv and Khmelnytskyi communities,” he claimed on messaging application Telegram.
“Most of the missiles were shot down by air defence forces.”
Tiurin stated explosions had weakened a number of personal houses, a communal cultural institution and the bus station and that a fire had damaged out at a grain silo.
Air Pressure spokesman Yuriy Ihnat advised the nationwide Ukrainian broadcaster that one particular of the crucial targets for Russia’s right away assault was the Khmelnytskyi location.
“Now, it is the Starokostiantyniv airfield that haunts the enemy,” Ihnat claimed.
Russia had earlier targeted the Starokostiantyniv armed service airfield in the Khmelnytskyi region at the conclude of July.