During the night and early morning of 13 December 2024, Russian forces launched a massive attack using cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as ‘Shahed’-type drones.

A total of 94 missiles were fired, of which 81 were successfully intercepted. A total of 193 attack UAVs were also deployed. This attack was the largest since the start of the Russian invasion.

Consequences

Lviv Region Energy infrastructure facilities in Stryi, Lviv Oblast, have been attacked; there were no casualties or injuries.

Ivano-Frankivsk Region Debris has been reported to have fallen in the region; an enemy missile is believed to have struck Burshtyn, with no casualties.

Ternopil Region There have been reports of a suspected shelling of infrastructure near the village of Velyka Berezovytsia; no casualties have been reported.

Kyiv Region Private homes and power lines were damaged by falling debris from the downed UAVs; there were no casualties.

Kirovohrad Region A private property has been damaged in Novoarkhangelsk; there were no casualties.

Chernihiv Region In the Pryluky district, a fire broke out in a non-residential building following an attack by a strike drone. In the Nizhyn district, a farm building was damaged, and 11 cows were killed.

Odesa Region Debris from the rocket damaged civilian infrastructure; there were no casualties.

Kharkiv Region According to Oleg Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, a ballistic missile strike was carried out on the Kharkiv district. In Kharkiv, a Shahed-136 drone struck the roof of a five-storey block of flats. A civilian business in the village of Mirne was hit; four people are reported to have been injured.

Reactions

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andriy Sibiga, has called on international partners to provide 20 air defence systems to protect energy infrastructure from Russian terror.

Shooting down For the first time in the history of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a fighter jet destroyed six enemy cruise missiles in a single combat sortie, two of them with its aircraft cannon. The Ukrainian pilot had only four air-to-air missiles under the wings of his F-16: medium- and short-range variants. The longer-range missiles were fired first; the pilot then had to close the distance to around two miles to deploy the short-range missiles..

See also

Russo-Ukrainian war September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike List of wars involving Russia List of wars involving Ukraine

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