UKRAINE: THE SITUATION 360 - FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Russian forces carried out another missile strike on infrastructure facilities in Ukraine on February 16.

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the Russian forces fired 32 air and sea-based missiles towards Ukraine, including 12 cruise missiles of the Kh-101/Kh-555 type from Tu-95MS aircraft over the Caspian Sea, 8 Kalibr cruise missiles from a Black Sea frigate, 12 Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 long-range bombers over the Kursk region, and 2 Kh-59 cruise missiles from Su-35 aircraft over Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region. Ukrainian air defense reportedly shot down 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 2 Kh-59 cruise missiles, 6 over Mykolaiv Oblast, 2 over Kherson Oblast, and the remaining over western regions of Ukraine. Russian missiles nonetheless hit infrastructure targets in Lviv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yuri Ihnat notes that Russian forces have changed their tactics and are launching cruise missiles at night instead of during the day to surprise Ukrainian air defense forces.

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