Massive attack on Ukraine on November 17

Air defense forces shot down 144 air targets.

On the night of November 17, 2024, the Russian occupiers carried out a massive combined attack on the objects of the energy sector of Ukraine with various types of air-, land- and sea-based missiles, as well as Shahed type UAVs. The defenders of the sky shot down 102 missiles and 42 UAVs.

This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Details

According to preliminary data, the radio engineering troops of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine identified and escorted a total of 210 enemy air targets – 120 missiles and 90 UAVs. It:

• 1 hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 “Zirkon”;
• 8 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles;
• 101 Kh-101 Kalibr cruise missiles;
• 1 “Iskander-M” ballistic missile;
• 4 Kh-22/Kh-31P cruise/anti-radiation missiles;
• 5 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles;
• 90 strike UAVs/drones of an unspecified type.

To the air…