Air Defense Forces intercepted one Kh-59/69 precision-guided missile, five Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 104 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of July 25.
According to Ukrinform, the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook.
Starting at 6:00 p.m. on July 25, the Russians launched a Kh-59/69 precision-guided missile from airspace over the Black Sea, as well as seven Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles—launched from Bryansk, Kursk, and the Voronezh region (Russian Federation), as well as 136 Shahed-type combat UAVs (including jet-powered ones), Gerbera, Italmas, and Parodiya-type decoy drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, and Hvardiiske (Crimea).
The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 8:30 a.m. on July 26, Air Defense Forces shot down or neutralized one Kh-59/69 precision-guided missile, five Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 104 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas, and other types in the north, south, and east of the country.
