Incidenty

Mass shelling of Ukraine on May 9: air defense shot down 23 winged missiles - command (photo)

The enemy was launched in two waves: 8 "calibers" from the Black Sea and 17 winged air base missiles X-101/X-555 from the Caspian Sea. The forces of air defense destroyed 23 of 25 winged missiles that the Russians launched in the cities of Ukraine on the night of May 9. This was reported on Tuesday, May 9, in the Press Center of the Armed Forces. Yes, the first rockets were launched around 22 pm on May 8. From the Black Sea, the enemy launched 8 winged rockets "Caliber" of the maritime and air base.

All of them were destroyed by the South Air Forces. Later, at about 4 am May 9, the Russians launched 17 winged air base missiles X-101/X-555 from strategic aviation aircraft-four TU-95MC in the Caspian area. The Center Air Force has destroyed 14 winged missiles, another in the area of ​​responsibility of the South Air Command. In total, Ukrainian defenders have knocked down 15 winged missiles type X-101/X-555.

According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk military administration Sergey Lisak, at night the military from the Air Command "East" was beaten by all 8 missiles, which the enemy sent to the region. The debris fell on a four-storey building in the Dnieper, as a result, a 32-year-old woman was injured and was taken to hospital. The house damaged the roof and several apartments. "On the third floor, they discovered the combat part of the rocket.

While explosion equipment worked, several dozen residents were evacuated. Dangerous debris was already taken out, they will be destroyed," Lisak said. In addition, the enemy was hit by heavy artillery in Nikopol and the Marganets community. As a result of enemy shelling, one private house is destroyed, four more were damaged. Broken outbuildings and transmission lines. People were not injured. We will remind, on the night against May 9, 15 winged missiles X-101/X-555 were beaten over Kiev.

The fall of the debris in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital arose. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. In addition, residents of the capital published a photo of found fragments of destroyed missiles on social networks. We will remind, in the evening on May 8 the Russians carried out rocket firing of Kharkiv region. According to the local military administration, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was struck by the C-300 rockets in the region.