Russia attacks Ukraine with Kh-59/Kh-69 missile at night, launches strike and reconnaissance UAVs

Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk said.

On the night of July 27, 2024, Russia attacked with a Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missile from the airspace of the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region and four Shahed attack UAVs from the Russian city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

“All targets were shot down by the forces and means of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions,” the commander reported.

In addition, according to Oleshchuk, over the past and current days, air defense destroyed eight more air targets in the southern and northeastern directions: 4 Supercam reconnaissance UAVs, 1 Forpost strike and reconnaissance UAV, 1 UAV (type to be determined), 2 Lancet barrage munitions.

• Over the last day, July 26, 122 combat clashes were registered. In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian troops stopped 37 Russian attacks.