The Ukrainian Air Force said in a Facebook Last translated by NEWSWEEK On Tuesday, it had shot down seven Russian missiles in the latest setback for President Vladimir Putin’s army.
The post said that Russia launched a missile attack from somewhere near the Caspian Sea around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday using Tu-95 strategic bombers. In total, Ukraine said eight cruise missiles were launched towards central, southern and western Ukraine. But the publication said Ukraine had shot down seven of the eight missiles.
Ukraine said anti-aircraft missile forces “eliminated” six of them, while one combat plane was shot down. The Air Force noted that the eighth missile hit an anti-aircraft missile complex in the Lviv region, adding that the army continues to assess the damage and casualties of the strike.
Ukraine did not release further details, including the type of combat aircraft used to destroy the Russian missile. The target of the missiles is unknown. NEWSWEEK He was unable to independently verify the report from the Ukrainian Air Force and reached out to the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministries for comment.
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put it in They launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, hoping for a quick capture of their eastern European neighbor, whose army is much smaller than that of Russia. However, Russian forces were met with a stronger-than-expected response from Ukraine, which has since received support from the West.
Putin tried to justify the invasion by saying that it aimed to “liberate” Donbass, a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine, and rid the Ukrainian government of the Nazis, despite the Ukrainian president. Volodymyr Zelensky Jewish.
After months of battles, Ukrainian soldiers pushed the Russian army into the far east of the country. Fighting on the battlefield continues to diminish within the eastern part of Ukraine, although Russia continues to launch strikes elsewhere in the country.
The missiles allegedly shot down by Ukraine on Tuesday are the latest losses for the Russian military. Ukraine publishes every day its estimates of Russian losses. Ukraine said it had shot down 174 Russian cruise missiles in more than five months of conflict. It also destroyed 1,768 tanks, 223 aircraft, 15 boats and about 3,000 other vehicles, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Russia does not publish its losses and Ukraine’s estimates cannot be independently verified.
On July 5, a video went viral on social media that appeared to show Ukraine shot down six Russian missiles Targeting the city of Dnipro.