On the night of November 29, Ukraine repelled a record attack, destroying 577 air targets.
фото: Defense Express
On the night of November 29, the Russian army launched a massive, combined-arms strike against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, using attack drones, aerospace, cruise, and ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s air defense neutralized 577 targets.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported this.
According to the PS, the radio-technical troops in total detected and accompanied 632 air attack weapons:
• 596 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerber and other modifications
• 5 aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 “Dagger”
• 23 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles
• 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
• 4 guided air missiles Kh-59/69
The drones’ primary launch areas are Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Gvardeyskoye in occupied Crimea. It is estimated that approximately 350 of the 596 UAVs are Shaheds.
The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare, mobile fire groups, and unmanned systems of the defense forces.
As of 10:30, Ukrainian air defense destroyed or suppressed:
• 558 attack UAVs
• 1 Kinzhal missile
• 12 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles
• 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
• 2 guided missiles Kh-59/69
The Air Force reported that missiles and 35 kamikaze drones were hit at 22 locations across the country, as well as debris falls at 17 locations.
On the night of November 29, Russian forces launched a combined drone and ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. The attack resulted in significant damage to residential infrastructure and numerous fires in various districts of the capital.