There were about 5 Tu-95ms strategic aircraft that launched Kh-101, Kh-555 cruise missiles over the territory of our country.

The spokesman of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat spoke about what the Ukrainian air defense forces were dealing with today.

“Today, Tu-95ms strategic aviation planes took off, these are missile-carrying bombers. There were about five of these planes and they launched Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles, which they (the Russian invaders – ) usually launch. This is a long-range “high-precision weapon … we now have information about 12 of these cruise missiles that were destroyed,” he said on the air of an information telethon.

He noted that during missile strikes, the enemy launches reconnaissance UAVs not so much to track the impressions of the targets as to detect the positions of Ukrainian air defense.

“Even the consequences are not so much of interest to the enemy, although they are also interested, and the location of our air defense systems is important information for the enemy. And when our air defense system works, the enemy tries to carry out aerial reconnaissance in order to have such information about their location in real time.” , – said Ignat.

Massive attack on Ukraine on December 31 – what is known

As reported, today, December 31, the Russian army launched several waves of missile attacks on various cities of Ukraine. Russian missiles hit civilian objects in Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny reported that the Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 12 of more than 20 Russian cruise missiles today. The Russian army launched missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea and ground-based missile systems.

The command of the Air Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that on December 31, around 1:00 p.m., the enemy attacked Ukraine from Tu-95MS strategic aviation missile-carrying aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Iskander-M ground-based operational-tactical complexes.

In the Kyiv region, during a missile attack by the Russian Federation, an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle “Orlan-10” was shot down. The Russian invaders tried to carry out aerial reconnaissance and identify the positions of Ukrainian air defense