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On the night of January 9 (from 19:30 on January 8), the enemy launched a combined strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine using strike UAVs, sea-based and land-based missiles.
This was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of January 9.
The main direction of the strike was Kyiv region.
A total of 278 aerial attack targets were detected and tracked by the Air Forces’ radar troops: 36 missiles and 242 UAVs of various types:
- 242 strike UAVs of Shahed, Gerber types (other UAVs) from Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russia; Chauda, Hvardiyiske — TOT Crimea; Donetsk (around 150 were Shaheds);
- 13 ballistic missiles Iskander-M / S-400 (launch areas — Bryansk region — Russia);
- 22 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
- 1 medium-range ballistic missile (from Kapustin Yar range, Astrakhan region — Russia).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, EW units, UAV units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Preliminary data as of 09:00: air defense shot down/suppressed 244 aerial targets:
- 226 enemy UAVs of Shahed, Gerber types (other UAVs);
- 8 ballistic Iskander-M / S-400 missiles;
- 10 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Impacts of 18 missiles and 16 strike UAVs were recorded at 19 locations.
“We express our condolences to the families of those killed and injured as a result of another Russian terrorist attack”, — the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
