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The air force's spokesperson said earlier this week that Ukraine
was now suffering from a deficit of air defence missiles. It was
not immediately clear whether this or any other factor was the
reason for the low hit rate.
Most of the types of missile used overnight were extremely
fast-moving ballistic types, the air force said. These are far
harder to shoot down.
"It should be noted that more than 20 of all the listed
(weapons) which were not included in the number of the downed,
did not reach their targets as a result of active
countermeasures by electronic warfare," the statement said.
There were no details on the targets of the strike.
Air defences shot down Russian missiles in at least five regions
across Ukraine, according to local officials from those
provinces.
The large south-eastern city of Dnipro was struck, the local
governor said, also without providing detail as to what was hit.
Police in the northern region of Chernihiv posted a picture of a
large crater made by a downed missile.
"As a result of being hit by the debris of an enemy missile,
several private homes and non-residential buildings were
damaged, one building was practically destroyed," the police
wrote. No people were hurt but a dog was killed, police said.
(Reporting by Max Hunder and Sergiy KarazyEditing by Toby Chopra
and Frances Kerry)
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