{"id":1418568,"date":"2026-07-17T08:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-missiles-and-drones-how-it-worked-out-its-air-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:45:58","slug":"russia-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-missiles-and-drones-how-it-worked-out-its-air-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-missiles-and-drones-how-it-worked-out-its-air-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia massively attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones: how it worked out its air defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of July 17, Russian occupation forces launched a combined attack on Ukraine, using missiles and strike drones. In total, the occupiers launched 138 air targets, of which Ukrainian air defenses neutralized 120. At the same time, missile and drone hits were recorded in seven locations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/kpszsu\/68838\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> According to the military, aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;As of 08:00, air defenses have shot down or suppressed five Kh-59\/69 guided aircraft missiles and 115 enemy drones of various types,&#8221; the Air Force reported.<\/p>\n<p> According to the military, the enemy attacked Ukraine with one Kh-31P anti-radar missile, seven Kh-59\/69 guided aircraft missiles, and 130 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas strike drones and Parody simulator drones. The launches were carried out from the territory of Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n<p> The Air Force noted that two missiles and eight strike drones were hit at seven locations. Debris from downed targets also fell in five places. At the same time, the Kh-31P anti-radar missile did not reach its target.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The attack is ongoing, several enemy drones remain in the airspace. Follow safety rules,&#8221; the Air Force urged.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/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=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of July 17, Russian occupation forces launched a combined attack on Ukraine, using missiles and strike drones. In total, the occupiers launched 138 air targets, of which Ukrainian air defenses neutralized 120. At the same time, missile and drone hits were recorded in seven locations. This was reported by the Air Force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1273132,"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-1418568","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\/1418568","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1273132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}