Air Force: Russia tried to Ukrainian bombers overnight strike in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
kyivindependent.com
A Russian overnight drone strike on Sept. 15 was targetting Ukrainian bombers in response to an attack against a Russian shipyard in Sevastopol earlier this week, Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said.

A Russian overnight drone strike on Sept. 15 was targetting Ukrainian Su-24M tactical bombers carrying Storm Shadow long-range missiles, Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said.

  • TWeaKEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    “Tried” being the operative word here.

    The Air Force said earlier on Sept. 15 that all 17 Shahed “kamikaze” drones launched against Khmelnytskyi Oblast have been destroyed by air defense.

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      And unlike how Russia’s air defense destroys missles using the launchers and radars, Ukraine’s actually uses the missles.