Over 445 thousand targets: The Air Force summed up the results of its work since the beginning of the full-scale war
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The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has published the results of its work over more than 4 years of full-scale war with Russia. Since February 24, 2022, Ukrainian air defense has destroyed more than 445,000 air targets.
This was reported by the press service of the department.
The Air Force noted that from the first minutes of the full-scale invasion, servicemen ensured the controllability of the air defense system, raised fighter jets into the sky, and prevented Russian troops from achieving their main goal.
According to the command, as of February 24, 2022, Ukrainian air defense has destroyed more than 445,000 air targets, including:
- 91 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile;
- 794 Caliber cruise missiles;
- 2,809 Kh-101 (Kh-555/Kh-55) cruise missiles;
- 13 Kh-22/32 cruise missiles;
- 12 Onyx anti-ship missiles;
- 294 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 346 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 12 Zircon anti-ship missiles;
- 622 guided aircraft missiles;
- over 70 missiles of other types;
- 65,618 Shahed attack UAVs;
- 20,286 reconnaissance UAVs;
- 10,604 Lancet UAVs;
- 342,585 drones of other types.
It is also reported that during 2022-2026, the Air Force aviation carried out 38,367 flight missions . Of these, 12,280 were carried out for fire suppression and air support of troops, and 21,524 for fighter air cover.
In addition, during the years of the full-scale war , the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed more than 12,000 air targets , as well as struck command posts, logistical facilities, and places of concentration of enemy manpower and equipment.
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