Russia launches combined missile and drone attack: air defence downs 320 assets, hits recorded at 20 sites

Russia carried out a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine on the night of 29-30 July, using attack drones as well as air-, land- and sea-launched missiles of various types. Ukrainian air defence has downed 320 out of the 358 aerial assets launched by the Russians.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force on social media

Details: The main focus of the Russian attack was Kyiv and Lviv oblasts. Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Mykolaiv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts were also targeted. According to the Air Force, a distinctive feature of this large-scale attack was the simultaneous use of different types of aerial assets from multiple directions, including a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles.

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In total, the Air Force's air surveillance troops detected 358 aerial assets – 74 missiles and 284 drones of various types: