The Russians attacked Ukraine with dozens of missiles and drones that reached as far west as Lviv. Poland raised fighter jets

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 55 missiles of various types and 21 kamikaze drones on the night of Tuesday into Wednesday. The shelling also hit two critical energy infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region in the west of the country. Poland has grounded fighter jets because of the attack near its borders, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

“The Russian occupiers launched a combined strike using missiles of various types and attack drones on the night of May 7-8, 2024. In total, the enemy deployed 76 means of air attack, including 55 missiles and 21 drones,” he announced Wednesday Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of Ukraine.

The Russian missiles were launched from Russian territory, from occupied Crimea, from the Black Sea and from strategic bombers.

Oleshchuk noted that the air defense forces managed to destroy 33 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, 4 Kalibr cruise missiles, 2 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles and 20 Shahed drones.

“Fighter aircraft of the Air Force and anti-aircraft missile forces, as well as mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were engaged in repelling the air attack,” Oleshchuk summarized.

The Russians attacked energy production and transmission facilities in six Ukrainian regions. A fire broke out at a civil infrastructure facility in the city of Brovary in the Kyiv region. Russian troops also attacked two critical energy infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region with Kinjal hypersonic missiles.

Due to the attack near its borders, Poland has grounded its fighter jets, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces announced in a message published on the X network.

Such procedures have become routine in recent months and are deployed during all of Russia’s large-scale airstrikes against Ukraine. Russian missiles have repeatedly violated Polish airspace while heading for targets in Ukraine, but the Polish Air Force has not intercepted them. Poland has said it would shoot down Russian missiles if there were signs they were headed for a target on Polish soil.

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