Another large-scale missile attack! From the night of August 20 to the early morning of August 21, Russian forces launched a large-scale strike deep into Ukraine, using 614 drones and missiles.
This included 574 "Geran" suicide drones, and 40 various missiles, including -
4 KH-47M2 "Kinzhal" hypersonic missiles
1 3M-22 "Zircon" hypersonic missile
19 air force KH-101 cruise missiles
14 navy 1 "Kalibr" cruise missiles
2 army "Iskander-M" ballistic missiles.
Notably, the Ukrainian army has confirmed for the first time that the Russian navy launched the "Zircon" hypersonic missile from the Black Sea, plus 14 "Kalibr" cruise missiles, the Russian navy deployed at least 3 ships this time (although each ship can carry up to 8 missiles, it is generally not fully loaded, and multiple ships are usually deployed for each operation).
The main targets of this attack were all located in western Ukraine, including Lviv, Lutsk, Mukachevo, and Zaporozhye. Russia recently paused a large-scale strike, some "Geran" suicide drones have been used for frontline operations - for example, the Northern Group recently used several "Geran" suicide drones to attack the village of Loriivka in Chernihiv Oblast, destroying the US-made "Himars" rocket artillery and ammunition depot used by Ukrainian forces.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1841079237032972/
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