Air Command Skhid News Today

Ukraine's Air Force has shot down a Russian guided missile in the skies over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Source: Air Command Skhid (East) Quote: "A unit of Air Command Skhid has destroyed a Kh-59/69 guided missile in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Soldiers from Air Command Skhid (East) shot down 12 Russian drones over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 4-5 May. The crashing wreckage has damaged infrastructure facilities and a high-rise building in the city of Dnipro and caused fires.

Ukraine's Defence Forces shot down a Russian Kh-59/69 guided missile near the city of Dnipro on the afternoon of 4 May. Source: Air Command Skhid (East); Ukraine's Air Force Quote from Air Command Skhid: "A unit of Air Command Skhid destroyed a Kh-59/69 guided missile in the Dnipro district (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) at 16:16.

Ukrainian soldiers have shot down a Russian cruise missile in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The type of missile is being determined. Source: Defence Forces of Ukraine's South; Ukraine's Air Force Quote: "A unit of Air Command Skhid (East) has destroyed a cruise missile in Kryvyi Rih district (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast); its type is being determined.

On 24 April, the Russians launched a missile strike on the suburbs in Sumy, Ukraine's northeast. Meanwhile, a unit of Ukraine's air defence intercepted a Russian missile in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration on Facebook; Air Command Skhid (East) Details: Sumy Oblast Military Administration says all emergency services are at the scene of the attack.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a cruise missile in the Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 27 March. Source: Air Command Skhid (East) Quote: "Around 16:10, a unit of the Air Command Skhid (East) destroyed a cruise missile in the Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian guided Kh-59 aviation missile in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Monday, 19 February. Source: Air Command Skhid (East) Quote: "Air Command Skhid has destroyed a Kh-59 guided aviation missile in the Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian air defence assets and personnel shot down a Russian Kh-59 air-launched missile in the skies over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 6 February. Source: Air Command Skhid (East) Details: A unit of this Air Command reportedly destroyed an Kh-59 air-launched missile in the Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has travelled to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where he visited the Air Command Skhid (East) headquarters and presented Ukrainian pilots with state awards. Source: website of the Office of the President of Ukraine Details: Zelenskyy met with Ivan Terebukha, Commander of the Air Command Skhid, to discuss the air defence of cities, towns and villages, critical infrastructure facilities, and the positions of Ukrainian troops on the front.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting in Kryvyi Rih focused on the supply of energy and water to cities and villages in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Source: The President's evening address Quote: "We are now in Kryvyi Rih; the entire district and other communities in the oblast have been affected [by recent Russian attacks]: we are having a meeting on energy and water supply to cities and villages of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, including Kryvyi Rih.