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Ukraine let loose a series of Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles

The Ukrainian army announced that it had brought down nearly 370 UAVs and all 21 Russian cruise missiles, but admitted that it could not block 4 Iskander-M shells. Ukraine’s Air Force Command said Russia on February 17 attacked the country with 396 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of all types, along with 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, […]
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The leading researcher of the State Aviation Museum, aviation expert Valery Romanenko, told about this in Espreso ether.” Regarding the shooting down of enemy air targets during the attack on the night of February 17, 92.7% according to the “shaheeds”, in fact 93%. For cruise missiles, the result is generally unprecedented - 100%: 25 cruise missiles were launched and 25 were shot down. According to the ballistics, unfortunately, in the other dir…

Four Russian ballistic missiles type Iskander-M were not intercepted during the combined attack launched by Russia on the night of 16 to 17 February, confirmed the Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Iuri Ignat.

·Romania
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The Patriot air defense system can intercept Russian ballistic missiles; to do so, it needs to be at the precise location the enemy is attempting to attack at the right time. This was stated by Yuriy Ignat, Head of Communications of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing his appearance on the national telethon. Read also: Over 400 targets overnight: Air defenses destroyed all cruise missiles, but ballistic missiles pen…

Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles, 25 out of 29 missiles and 367 out of 396 drones were neutralizedRussia launched 29 missiles, including 4 ballistic, and 396 drones at Ukraine. 25 missiles and 367 drones were shot down, 4 ballistic missiles and 18 drones were recorded to be hit.

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unn.ua broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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