The Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 242 drones and “Iskander-M”/S-400 and “Kalibr” missiles – 19 locations were hit

On the night of January 9, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 278 means of air attack – 36 missiles and 242 drones of various types.

Source: Air Force of the ZSU

Literally: “According to preliminary data, as of 09.00, anti-aircraft defense shot down/suppressed 244 air targets:

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• 226 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, “Gerbera” type (unmanned aerial vehicles of other types);
• 8 ballistic missiles “Iskander-M” https://www.pravda.com.ua/S-400;
• 10 Kalibr cruise missiles. 18 missiles and 16 strike UAVs were hit at 19 locations.

Details: According to the Air Force, from 6:30 p.m. on January 8, the enemy launched a combined attack on critical infrastructure facilities using attack drones, as well as sea- and land-based missiles.

The main direction of the attack is Kyiv region.

The radio engineering troops discovered and accompanied:

• 242 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed, “Gerber” and other types – from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF), Chauda, ​​Gvardiyske (temporarily occupied Crimea), Donetsk (approximately 150 of them are “Shahedy”);
• 13 “Iskander-M” https://www.pravda.com.ua/S-400 ballistic missiles from launch areas in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation;
• 22 Kalibr cruise missiles – from the Black Sea;
• 1 medium-range ballistic missile – from the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation).

Prehistory:

• On the evening of January 8, explosions rang out in Kyiv. The Russian Federation attacked the capital with drones. In the Desnyan district, there is a hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on the roof of a residential building. So far, 4 deaths are known.
• Explosions rang out in Lviv on the evening of January 8 after the announcement of an air raid alert. Later it became known that under attack hit a critical infrastructure facility in the region.
• Colonel Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said in a comment to the UP that Russia could strike the Lviv region from the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan regionwhere, according to preliminary information, the Oreshnik complex is based.
• Sadovy stated that it is currently unknown whether Russia attacked Lviv Oblast with “Oreshnik”.

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