{"id":1246786,"date":"2025-06-17T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/massive-strike-on-ukraine-air-defense-forces-neutralize-428-air-targets\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:46:54","slug":"massive-strike-on-ukraine-air-defense-forces-neutralize-428-air-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/massive-strike-on-ukraine-air-defense-forces-neutralize-428-air-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive strike on Ukraine: air defense forces neutralize 428 air targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of June 17 (from 20:00 on June 16), the enemy attacked with 472 air attack weapons. Air defense forces neutralized 428 air targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 440 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators in the following directions: Kursk, Shatalovo, Orel, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk \u2013 Russian Federation, about 280 of which are \u201cshaheds\u201d;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 2 aeroballistic missiles Kh-47M2 &#8220;Dagger&#8221; from the airspace of Tambov region &#8211; Russian Federation;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 16 X-101 cruise missiles from strategic aviation aircraft into the airspace of the Saratov region \u2013 Russian Federation;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 4 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 9 guided air missiles Kh-59\/69 from tactical aircraft from the airspace of the Belgorod and Bryansk regions;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 1 anti-radar missile Kh-31P.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> &#8220;The main direction of the attack is the city of Kyiv,&#8221; the air force noted.<\/p>\n<p> The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p> According to preliminary data, as of 10:00, air defense forces have neutralized 428 enemy air attack weapons, 262 have been shot down by fire weapons, and 166 have been lost in location.<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 239 hostile Shahed-type UAVs (drones of other types) were shot down by fire, 163 were lost in location\/suppressed by electronic warfare;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 2 aeroballistic X-47 M2 &#8220;Dagger&#8221; (1 &#8211; lock. vtr.);<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 15 X-101 cruise missiles;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 8 guided aircraft missiles Kh-59\/69 (1 \u2013 local. vtr.);<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 1 anti-radar missile Kh-31P (local air defense).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Enemy air strikes were recorded in 10 locations, and downed aircraft (debris) fell in 34 locations.<\/p>\n<p> Let us recall that on the night of Tuesday, June 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rosiiany-masovano-atakuvaly-kyiv-bahato-zhertv-ta-poranenykh-pid-zavalamy-shukaiut-liudey\/\">the Russian occupation army launched a massive combined attack on Kiev.<\/a> As a result of the attack, 14 people were killed and more than 50 were injured.<\/p>\n<p> As reported, on Tuesday, June 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/armiia-rf-vdaryla-po-odesi-ie-poraneni-sered-nykh-dity\/\">the Russian occupation army launched a massive drone strike on Odessa.<\/a> As a result of the shelling, people were wounded, including children.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of June 17 (from 20:00 on June 16), the enemy attacked with 472 air attack weapons. Air defense forces neutralized 428 air targets. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force. 440 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators in the following directions: Kursk, Shatalovo, Orel, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1246770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1246786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}