Russia launched Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers and ballistic missiles from Russian territory in a strike on Kyiv.
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The Russians fired Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers and launched ballistic missiles from the territory of the Russian Federation.
On the night of March 21, 2024, the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M (KN-23)/Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic/air-launched ballistic missiles and 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch areas – Russia's Volgodonsk, Engels)
The missiles came from the north, with Kyiv as the main target.
Russian forces fired two ballistic missiles, as well as 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles launched by 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Volgodonsk area in Rostov Oblast and Saratov Oblast's Engels
Almost all missiles were aimed at HUR facilities of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
The armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked the territory of the Kyiv region with rockets in the morning of March 21.
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