The Defense Forces eliminated 48 out of 53 UAVs and five cruise missiles used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine on Friday night, the Air Force has reported.

"As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 48 attack UAVs and five X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were shot down in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions," the message says.

In total, five X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles and 53 Shahed-131/13 attack UAVs were used.

It is reported that on the night of June 7, the enemy struck objects of critical infrastructure of Ukraine from Tu-95MS strategic aviation from the airspace of Saratov region and with shock UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type from the districts of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk-RF and Cape Chauda-Crimea.

The air attack was repelled by mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, fighter aircraft, units of anti-aircraft missile forces and electronic warfare of the Air Forces, the command noted.