Over 260 Russian drones and missiles assault Ukraine in a single day

The Russian troops launched a large-scale mixed assault in opposition to Ukraine on the night time of 6-7 March, with Ukrainian air defences destroying 34 Russian missiles and 100 drones, whereas 86 drones disappeared from radar.

Supply: Ukrainian Air Power on Fb

Quote from Air Power: "Anti-aircraft missile items, digital warfare property and cell fireplace teams from the Air Power and the defence forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy's airstrike. Fighter plane, together with F-16 and Mirage-2000 fighter plane, had been additionally concerned. It’s price noting that French fighter jets, which arrived in Ukraine solely a month in the past, repelled an enemy assault for the primary time."

Particulars: The Russian occupiers launched a mixed assault with numerous kinds of air-, land- and sea-based missiles in opposition to Ukraine's crucial infrastructure. The primary focus of the assault was on fuel manufacturing services.

Early reviews point out that the Air Power's air surveillance troops detected and tracked 261 Russian drones and missiles – 67 missiles and 194 assault UAVs and decoy drones of assorted sorts, together with:

– 35 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles;

– 8 Kalibr cruise missiles;

– 3 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;

– 4 S-300 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missiles;

– 8 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles;

– 194 Shahed-type assault UAVs and different kinds of decoy drones.

As of 10:00, 134 air targets had been confirmed to have been shot down:

– 25 Kh-101/Kh-55 cruise missiles;

– 8 Kalibr cruise missiles;

– 1 Kh-59/69 cruise missile;

– 100 Shahed-type assault UAVs (different kinds of drones).

Moreover, as much as ten Russian missiles (not included within the statistics of these shot down) disappeared from radar.

Eight-six Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar (with out adversarial results).

Background:

• Naftogaz Group, Ukraine's largest nationwide oil and fuel firm, reported that in a single day on 6-7 March, Russia launched a large-scale assault on fuel infrastructure services, inflicting injury. That is the seventeenth such assault on fuel manufacturing services for the reason that begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
• Russian troops hit a crucial industrial facility in Ternopil Oblast with out inflicting any casualties, however folks had been warned that the fuel provide could also be restricted.

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