Air defence forces destroyed two ballistic and 29 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.