Ukrainian air defence intercepted almost 92% of drones during large-scale attacks in May
Ukrainian air defence increased the effectiveness of its interception of Russian drones and missiles in May 2026, despite the growing intensity of attacks.
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ํํฐ ๋ณด๊ธฐํ์ฌ ์ง์
50.0
0 = ๋ถ์ ์ฐ์ธ
50 = ์ค๋ฆฝ
100 = ๊ธ์ ์ฐ์ธ
์ต๊ทผ 7์ผ ๊ธฐ์ค 678๊ฑด์ ๋ถ์ํ ๊ฒฐ๊ณผ, ๋ด์ค ์ฌ๋ฆฌ์ง์๋ 50.0(๊ท ํ)์ ๋๋ค. ๊ธ์ 0๊ฑด(0.0%)ยท์ค๋ฆฝ 678๊ฑด(100.0%)ยท๋ถ์ 0๊ฑด(0.0%)์ด๋ฉฐ, ์ค๋ฆฝ ๋น์ค์ด ๋๋ ทํ๊ฒ ๋์ต๋๋ค. ์ฑํฅ ์ง์๋ ์ข ํฉ 0.0(์ค๋ ๊ท ํ)์ ๋๋ค.
Ukrainian air defence increased the effectiveness of its interception of Russian drones and missiles in May 2026, despite the growing intensity of attacks.
Ukraine repelled an overnight Russian assault, intercepting 198 drones while missiles failed to reach their targets. The attack is ongoing.
Ukraine has asked Germany to provide dozens of additional Patriot interceptor missiles from its existing stockpiles this year as Kyiv seeks to strengthen its air defenses against intensified Russian attacks.
Ukraine has asked Germany to provide dozens of additional interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems from its own stockpiles this year in order to strengthen the country's protection against Russian attacks.
French authorities have taken into custody the captain of the Russian oil tanker Tagor, which was intercepted by the French military off the coast of Brittany on Sunday.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said that deliveries of U.S.-made PAC-3 interceptor missiles to Ukraine are continuing " each day and each week."
Ukrainian defence company Fire Point has conducted a fully guided manoeuvring flight of the FP-7.X missile, which will form the basis of the future Freyja anti-ballistic interceptor.
Russiaโs mass strike on Ukraine on the night of June 1 to 2 was aimed at taking advantage of Patriot interceptor shortages and distract from Russiaโs inability to secure its deep rear from Ukrainian long-range strikes, as well as from its battlefield setbacks.
Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed more than 57,000 Russian aerial targets in May 2026.
The French Navy, supported by international partners, intercepted a vessel violating international law and maritime sanctions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that incidents involving Russian drones crossing into European countries are a form of political pressure by Russia against Ukraine's partners, and stated that Ukraine is trying to intercept all enemy drones.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he regards incidents in which Russian drones cross the borders of European countries as measures of political pressure by Russia against Ukraine's partners, and that Ukraine tries to intercept all such drones.
A Russian drone strike on Romanian territory confirms the need to quickly launch the European Sky Shield initiative to protect the airspace near Ukraine's borders.
Air defence forces intercepted five Kh-101 cruise missiles and 279 drones during a large-scale Russian attack on 30 May.
In the Khmelnytskyi region, law enforcement officials are investigating the deaths of two servicemen and the injury of another following an ammunition explosion during an attempt to shoot down a UAV.
Russia has begun producing โShahedโ drones, but Ukraine already has interceptors for the Russian โGeran-3,โ โGeran-4,โ and โGeran-5โ drones.
In the event of a massive combined attack involving different types of weapons, it is impossible to guarantee that all aerial targets will be destroyed.
Air defense forces intercepted 55 missiles and 549 Russian drones used by the Russian military to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of May 23, with Kyiv being the main target. A total of 16 missiles and 51 attack drones were recorded as having struck 54 locations.
Ukraineโs air defense forces intercepted or jammed 102 out of 124 Russian drones launched against the country from the evening of May 22.