Air Force shoots down all 8 Iskander ballistic missiles, 6 Kh-101 cruise missiles
As of 10:00 a.m., air defenses had shot down 178 of the 415 missiles and drones that attacked Ukraine last night, including eight Iskander-M ballistic missiles and six Kh-101 cruise missiles, the Ukraine's Air Force press service has said.
"On the night of July 10 (from 18:00 on July 9), the enemy attacked with 415 air attack vehicles: 397 Shahed-type strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types from Russia’s Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Orel and Millerovo (about 200 Shahed UAVs), eight Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Bryansk region, six Kh-101 cruise missiles from the airspace of the Saratov region and four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Kursk region, the Air Force said on Telegram on Thursday.
The main target of the attack was Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
"According to preliminary data, as of 10:00, air defense systems shot down 178 enemy air attack vehicles: 164 enemy Shahed UAVs, eight Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and six Kh-101 cruise missiles," the report says. It is noted that "204 drones/missiles were lost/suppressed by electronic warfare."
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
