Russia fired 71 cruise missiles into Ukraine on Friday. (Representative)
Kyiv:
Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired 71 cruise missiles into Ukraine on Friday and 61 of them were shot down.
“As of 11:30 am, the enemy had launched 71 X-101, X-555 and Kalibr missiles. The Air Defense Forces, Air Force and other components of the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 61 enemy cruise missiles,” It said Telegram messaging app.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Schimel said earlier on Friday that Russia had fired more than 50 missiles into Ukraine and most of them were shot down.
“Russia cannot accept failures and therefore continues to terrorize the (Ukrainian) population. Another attempt (on Friday) to destroy the Ukrainian energy system and deprive Ukrainians of light, heat and water,” Shmihal wrote on Telegram.
The air force said Russia used eight Tu-95MS strategic bombers, and they fired X-101 and X-555 missiles over the Caspian Sea and the Russian city of Volgodonsk.
The Russian military also launched Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea.
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