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Russia Hit Ukraine With Drones and Cruise Missiles. APU Shot Down 18 Kamikaze Drones and Three Missiles


Russian troops attacked Ukraine from various directions on the night of May 14, the Ukrainian Air Force reported. An air alert was announced throughout the country. According to the Ukrainian side, Shahed-type attack drones, Caliber, Kh-101, Kh-555 and Kh-55 cruise missiles participated in the attack.

During the night, Ukrainian forces destroyed 25 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 18 Shahed kamikaze drones, as well as three Kh-101, Kh-555, Kh-55 cruise missiles. The message of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not say about the destruction of the Caliber.

Cruise missile hits were recorded in the Ternopil region, said the head of the Ternopil regional military administration Vladimir Trush. According to him, two dacha houses were destroyed and 12 were damaged, as well as civil trade and economic facilities, and nine trucks. No casualties have been reported. On the evening of May 13, the region was also under attack, two people were injured.

Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, published photos of the consequences of the strike on Ternopil. “This happened just when the Ukrainian group Tvorchi from Ternopil performed in the Eurovision final,” Yermak said.

Russian troops also attacked an infrastructure facility in Kharkiv, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said. “Windows and doors were shattered in nearby houses, but there was no significant damage,” he said. The mayor said no one was hurt. The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that a transport infrastructure facility, hostels and an apartment building were damaged.

The Kyiv military administration reported that an air alert was announced in Kyiv due to the seventh air attack on the city since the beginning of May. There was a possibility that Russia would hit Kyiv with cruise missiles, but no such cruise missiles were found in the airspace around the city.

Source: Meduza