Ukrainian Air Force units successfully intercepted 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 31 Shahed-131/136 strike drones during the overnight attack, with targets destroyed across nine Ukrainian oblasts.
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The anti-aircraft missile units, fighter aircraft and electronic warfare units of the Ukrainian Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 31 Shahed-131/136 strike drones.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk announced this on Telegram
Ukrainian air defense units intercepted 31 Shahed drones and 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles over Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnykyi, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia and Chernihiv oblasts
The Ukrainian Air Force reported on the morning of May 26 that air defense units had intercepted 31 Shahed drones and 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles overnight, protecting regions including Mykolaiv, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, and Chernihiv.
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