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On the night of January 20, air defense units reported hitting 342 enemy targets. This included 14 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, 13 X-101 cruise missiles, and 315 unmanned aerial vehicles. The Ukrainian Air Force Command shared this information via Telegram.
«As of 10:00, the air defense has shot down/neutralized 342 targets: 14 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, 13 X-101 cruise missiles, and 315 enemy drones of Shahed type, Gerbera, and others across the north, south, east, and center of the country,» the message stated.
It was noted that there were hits recorded from 5 missiles and 24 strike UAVs at 11 locations, as well as debris from downed UAVs at 12 sites. Information regarding two enemy missiles is under clarification.
The press service also specified that the enemy attacked with one anti-ship missile “Zircon” (from the launch area in the temporarily occupied Crimea), 18 ballistic missiles "Iskander-M/S-300" (from the launch areas in Bryansk and Rostov regions – Russia), 15 X-101 cruise missiles (from Vologda region – Russia), and 339 strike UAVs of Shahed, "Gerbera", "Italmas" types and other drones from directions: Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Shatalovo, Bryansk – Russia, Hvardyske, Chauda – temporarily occupied Crimea, temporarily occupied Donetsk, about 250 of them being "Shahed" drones.
The main direction of the strike was confirmed to be Kyiv region by the Air Forces.