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Feb 17 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
1/6 #Russian forces conducted another missile strike on infrastructure facilities throughout #Ukraine on February 16, striking facilities in #Lviv, #Poltava, #Kirovohrad, and #Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

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2/5 The #Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces fired 32 air- and sea-launched missiles at #Ukraine, including 12 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft over the Caspian Sea,
3/5 8 Kalibr cruise missiles from a Black Sea frigate, 12 Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 long-range bombers over #Kursk Oblast, and 2 Kh-59 cruise missiles from Su-35 aircraft over #Melitopol, #Zaporizhia Oblast.
4/5 #Ukrainian air defense reportedly shot down 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 2 Kh-59 cruise missiles, 6 over #Mykolaiv Oblast, 2 over #Kherson Oblast, and the remainder over western regions of #Ukraine.
5/5 #Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat noted that #Russian forces have changed their tactics and are launching cruise missiles at night, instead of in the middle of day, in order to take Ukrainian air defense forces by surprise.

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