Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized four Iskander-K cruise missiles and 503 drones launched by Russian forces during a large-scale overnight attack that began on the evening of May 17.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.
Beginning at 18:00 on May 17, Russia launched a combined strike involving attack drones and ground-launched missiles targeting several regions across Ukraine. The main target was the city of Dnipro and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Odesa, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia regions also came under attack.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, radio-technical units detected a total of 546 aerial targets (22 missiles and 524 drones), including:
14 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from Russia's Rostov region and occupied Crimea;
