Russia Massively Attacked Ukraine With Shaheds, Kinzhals, Kalibras And Missiles From Bombers
17- 21.08.2025, 7:51
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The consequences became known.
On the evening of Wednesday, August 20, the aggressor country Russia launched another attack on Ukraine by launching dozens of kamikaze drones and imitators. Later it became known about the takeoff of enemy strategic bombers Tu-95MS, also the enemy used for strikes on Ukraine missiles "Kinzhal" and "Kalibr". It is known about the hit in Transcarpathia, writes OBOZ.UA.
The movement of drones was informed by the Air Force of the AFU. Monitoring channels reported the takeoff of two Tu-95MS aircraft from the Engels airfield (located within the Saratov region) and one from the Olenya airfield (heading towards the launch boundaries of the Caspian region).
What is known about the Russian attack
As of 00:12, enemy UAV groups were recorded in Sumy, Chernigov, north, center and south of Kiev region, in Vinnitsa, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions.

An alert was declared in most regions of Ukraine.

As of 00:58 there were almost 100 enemy UAVs over Ukraine.

As of 01:41 the attack was still ongoing. Groups of enemy UAVs were recorded in Chernigov region, Kyiv region, Vinnitschyna, Poltava region, Cherkasy region, north of Zhytomyr region and Rivne region.

The alert continued to spread to the western regions.

At 02:50, an alert was declared throughout Ukraine due to the takeoff of MiG-31Ks, which are the carriers of the Kinzhal missiles. As a consequence of this attack, explosions erupted in Rivne region.


As of 03:30, the Shahedami attack continued, with Russian Kalibr missiles also flying into Ukraine. It was preliminary known that the Russians launched Kh-101 missiles from strategic aircraft.

The Kalibrs were flying towards western regions of Ukraine. Zakarpattya in particular was under attack, explosions were heard.
"Shaheds" meanwhile attacked Lviv, Lutsk and Kiev region.

At around 04:50 it became known about the entry of cruise missiles into Ukrainian airspace from Sumy region. They flew in the direction of Poltava region.

It became known that at night there was a hit on the territory of one of the enterprises in Mukachevo. Details are unknown, specialized services were working at the site of the attack.
As of 06:30 the alarm in some regions of Ukraine was canceled. At the same time, explosions were reported within Volyn.
