Air defense forces intercepted 55 missiles and 549 Russian drones used by the Russian military to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of May 23, with Kyiv being the main target. A total of 16 missiles and 51 attack drones were recorded as having struck 54 locations.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
“On the night of May 24 (starting at 6:00 p.m. on May 23), the enemy launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine using attack UAVs and air-, sea-, and land-based missiles. The main target of the strike was Kyiv,” the statement reads.
In total, the Air Force’s electronic warfare units detected 690 air attack weapons—90 missiles and 600 UAVs of various types:
one medium-range ballistic missile (launch site—Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Federation);
