🛡️ Defense

Ukrainian air defence forces destroyed 23 out of 25 Russian cruise missiles launched during two waves of attacks on the night of May 8-9, 2023.

May 9, 2023 Ukraine

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian Air Defence Forces (military_unit) Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Ukrainian Air Force (organization) Kalibr cruise missile (weapon_system) Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missile (weapon_system) S-300 surface-to-air missile system (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Air Forces (military_unit) Valerii Zaluzhnyi (person) Centre Air Command (military_unit) South Air Command (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The air defence forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with components of the Defence Forces of Ukraine, destroyed 23 of them.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia hit Ukraine with a mass missile strike on May 9.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine intercepted most of the Russian missiles in this attack.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian air defense shot down 23 out of 25 missiles

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian defenders destroyed 23 out of 25 cruise missiles.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:06.110Z

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