The Ukrainian Air Force announced Thursday morning that it shot down 31 of 44 cruise missiles and 145 of 148 drones launched by Russia during the overnight hours. The military added that Russia also launched a number of ballistic missiles in the attack; no interception data was provided for those.
The announcement from the Ukrainian Air Force provides the military's account of its interception rates against a multi-wave Russian assault that targeted locations across Ukraine overnight. According to the statement, Russia launched 44 cruise missiles and 148 drones, of which Ukraine claims to have shot down 31 and 145 respectively. A number of ballistic missiles were also fired, with no data on interceptions provided. The figures cannot be independently verified. Russia has been conducting frequent large-scale drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure in recent months.
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