Russia Launches New Burst of Missile and Drone Attacks, Ukrainian Air Force Says

(Reuters) – Russia launched a multi-wave in a single day assault on Ukraine, utilizing 70 air-assault weapons, together with cruise and hypersonic missiles and Iranian-made drones, Kyiv’s Air Drive mentioned on Sunday, and a minimum of 10 missiles seem to bought by way of air defences.

Ukraine’s air defence destroyed 30 out of 40 cruise missiles and all 27 of the Shahed drones that Russia launched in a single day, the Air Drive – which is well known in a vacation on Sunday – mentioned on the Telegram messaging channel.

It additionally mentioned Russia launched three Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, however didn’t disclose any additional info on them.

“In complete, in a number of waves of assaults, from the night of Aug. 5 to the morning of Aug. 6, 2023, the enemy used 70 technique of air assault weapons,” the Air Drive mentioned.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the report. There was no fast remark from Russia.

It was not instantly clear whether or not there was any harm from the in a single day assault or what occurred to the ten cruise missiles that weren’t shot down.

The deputy governor of the Khmelnytskyi area in western Ukraine, Serhiy Tiurin, mentioned {that a} navy airfield in Starokostiantyniv was among the many targets.

“The Starokonstiantyniv airfield is on the enemy’s thoughts. There was a collection of explosions in Starokonstiantyniv and Khmelnytskyi communities,” he mentioned on messaging app Telegram.

“Many of the missiles had been shot down by air defence forces.”

Tiurin mentioned explosions had broken a number of non-public homes, a communal cultural establishment and the bus station and {that a} fireplace had damaged out at a grain silo.

Air Drive spokesman Yuriy Ihnat advised the nationwide Ukrainian broadcaster that one of many key targets for Russia’s in a single day assault was the Khmelnytskyi area.

“Now, it’s the Starokostiantyniv airfield that haunts the enemy,” Ihnat mentioned.

Russia had earlier focused the Starokostiantyniv navy airfield within the Khmelnytskyi area on the finish of July.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Warsaw; Modifying by Tom Hogue and Philippa Fletcher)

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