From the Azov and Caspian seas, the Russians massively attacked Dnipro

Photo: head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Admonistration Serhiy Lysak

At night, the Russians launched four cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea and five missiles from the Sea of Azov over the Dnipro. Also, a Russian fighter jet crashed into the territorial waters of Ukraine in the Kherson region.

On the night of Monday, May 22, Russian invaders attacked military and infrastructure facilities in the city of Dnipro. A total of 16 different missiles and 20 drones were launched, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

In general, the enemy released:

• 4 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region;

• 5 Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22m3 long-range bombers from different directions – the Sea of Azov and the Kursk Region;

• 2 “Iskander-M” ballistic missiles from the temporarily occupied Crimea;

• 5 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region.

• 20 “Shahed” strike drones from the south and north.

Air defense forces destroyed four Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 20 Shahed type attack drones.

“One less enemy plane! At the end of the day on May 21, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet crashed in the territorial waters of Ukraine, in the Kherson region! The circumstances that caused this are being clarified!”, the General Staff added.

As previously reported by the USM, on May 17, six Kalibr and two Iskander-K missiles were launched from Russian ships in the Black Sea and land-based missile systems at Odesa. Most of the missiles were shot down over the sea.