Air defense forces destroy 15 of 18 cruise missiles launched from Murmansk region, Caspian region

09:36, 01.05.2023 1 min read

The Air defense forces destroyed 15 of the 18 cruise missiles launched from Murmansk region and the Caspian region, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny said.

"At about 02:30 at night, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine from strategic aviation aircraft – nine Tu-95s from Olenegorsk region (Murmansk region) and two Tu-160s from the Caspian Sea region," he wrote on the Telegram channel.

According to him, a total of 18 X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles were launched.

Forces and means of air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 15.