Anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed two ballistic and 29 Russian cruise missiles.
Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk announced this on Telegram .
“On the night of March 21, 2024, the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M (KN-23)/Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic/aeroballistic missiles, as well as 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from 11 Tu strategic bombers -95MS (launch areas – Volhodonsk, Engels – Russian Federation),” noted Oleschuk.
The missiles came from the north, the main direction of attack was Kyiv.
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces were involved in repelling the air attack.
“As a result of successful combat work, all enemy missiles were shot down in the Kyiv region ,” the commander emphasized.