On the night of April 25 (from 18:00 on April 24), the Russian forces carried out a combined strike on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs and air-, sea-, and ground-launched missiles.
The main direction of the strike was the city of Dnipro. Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odessa, and Kyiv regions were also targeted.
In total, radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected 666 aerial attack assets (47 missiles and 619 UAVs):
- 12 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles (launched from Millerovo, Kursk, Yeysk, Russia, and the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea);
- 29 Kh-101 cruise missiles (launched from the Caspian Sea area);
- 1 Iskander-K cruise missile (launched from Bryansk region, Russia);
- 5 Kalibr cruise missiles (launched from the Caspian Sea area);
- 619 attack UAVs of Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other drones, launched from Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), Hvardiiske and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea); about 400 of them were Shahed drones.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data as of 08:00, air defense shot down or suppressed 610 targets — 30 missiles and 580 drones of various types:
- 26 Kh-101 cruise missiles;
- 4 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 580 UAVs of various types.
Hits were recorded from 13 missiles and 36 attack UAVs across 23 locations, and debris from downed UAVs fell in 9 locations. Information regarding four missiles is being clarified, and no data on impacts has been reported.
