During July 5, air defense units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down nine missiles of Russian troops, and strike aircraft of Ukraine fired at enemy positions in several strategic directions.. This was reported by the Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook..

As noted, during the day, the invaders carried out several attacks on the territory of Ukraine from the Black Sea, using sea-based missiles of the Caliber type..

At 4 am, anti-aircraft missile units of the Vostok Air Command destroyed six of the seven enemy missiles over the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Later, at about 20:00, three more Russian cruise missiles were shot down by Zapad Air Command..

“They are being destroyed by the crews of an anti-aircraft missile unit and a portable anti-aircraft missile system, another cruise missile is being destroyed by a pilot of a Ukrainian fighter,” the report says..

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In addition, our strike aircraft continued to destroy the positions of the invaders in several strategic directions at once..

Thus, during July 5, our attack aircraft and bombers destroyed two Russian field depots with ammunition, two enemy platoon strongholds, and up to twenty pieces of Russian equipment.. The personnel of the occupation troops also suffered losses..

Earlier it became known that Ukrainian defenders hit the Russian military base in the Zaporozhye region. They managed to eliminate more than 200 Russian invaders.