Ukrainian Air Force

Russian strikes killed one person and wounded three others in the Ukrainian region of Kherson, a regional official said Monday.

Moscow also launched a hail of missiles across Ukraine early on Monday, with Kyiv reporting it had shot down most of the projectiles.

Ukrainian security agency SBU said soldiers tried "without coordination with relevant state authorities" to seize a Russian plane last July after its pilot said he was going to defect.

American-made Patriot missiles have arrived in Ukraine, the country's defense minister said Wednesday, providing Kiev with a long-sought new shield against the Russian airstrikes that have devastated cities and civilian infrastructure.

Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa early Wednesday but there were no reports of casualties, authorities said.

"At night, the enemy carried out an attack by UAVs of the Shahed-136 type on the Odesa region," Yuriy Kruk, head of the Odesa district military administration, said in a statement on Telegram.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

New wave of Russian airstrikes against Ukraine after Kyiv secures Western tanks

As Podolyak stated, the goal is to create chaos within the Russian forces by attacking supply lines deep in the occupied territories.
Podolyak said that in the next two to three months, there could be attacks similar to today's mysterious attacks on the railway hub and air base in Crimea, as well as last week's attack on Russian warplanes on the Saki airport in Crimea.

"In connection with inquiries regarding publications on the possible provision of Bulgarian jet fighters to the Ukrainian Air Force, we would like to inform you that such a topic has not been discussed in the Ministry of Defense." This was answered by the MoD to questions from OFFNews about the information that three NATO countries are transferring 70 planes to Ukraine, which may be ba

If necessary, those planes can be deployed at Polish airports, from where Ukrainian pilots will perform combat tasks, it is stated in the announcement published on Facebook, reports the Interfax Ukraine agency.
According to the command of the Ukrainian Air Force, Bulgaria will give 16 MiG-29s and 14 Su-25s, Poland - 28 MiG-29 planes, and Slovakia - 12 MiG-29 planes.

"It takes so much time for major actions outside big cities. Judging by what is happening now, the East, the Center, the South can be liberated. A corridor for Transnistria will most likely be built," said Dmitriy Abzalov, president of the Center for Strategic Communications.

Ukrainian engineers at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau presented the anti-ship supersonic missile "Lightning", which, according to its creators, is almost "impossible to bring down," according to Russian news agency Izvestia.