Ukraine mentioned Friday it had downed a whole barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces in a single day focusing on an airfield within the west of the nation.

“Thirteen of the occupiers’ cruise missiles were destroyed on June 23…. This time the attack was aimed at a military airfield in the Khmelnytskyi region,” the Ukrainian air drive mentioned on social media.

Russia launched waves of aerial assaults with crusie missiles and assault drones over the winter, prompting Kyiv to attraction to its Western allies to bolster its air defence programs.

“The launches were carried out around midnight from the Caspian Sea from four Tu-95MS bombers,” the air drive assertion mentioned.

The mayor of Khmelnytskyi Oleksandr Symchyshyn reported explosions within the city with a pre-war inhabitants of round 275,000 and praised Ukrainian air defence programs.

Ukraine additionally mentioned that it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone in a single day.