Russia fired 71 cruise missiles into Ukraine today 61 of which were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

“By 11:30 A.M. the enemy had launched 71 X-101, X-555, and Kalibr missiles. Anti-aircraft forces, the Air Force, and other elements of the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 61 enemy cruise missiles,” it said on the Telegram messaging app.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said earlier today that Russia had fired more than 50 missiles into Ukraine and that most of them had been shot down.

“Russia cannot accept failure and therefore continues to terrorize the (Ukrainian) population. Another attempt (today) to destroy the Ukrainian energy system and deprive Ukrainians of light, heating, and water,” Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram.

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia deployed eight Tu-95MS strategic bombers and that they fired X-101 and X-555 missiles from the Caspian Sea and the city of Volgodonsk in Russia.

Russian forces also fired Kalibr missiles from ships in the Black Sea, it said.

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