Kh-59

These are ship or submarine launch cruise missiles.

All eight of those were shot down and four Kh-59 or 69 missiles, all four of those shot down.

So from that, the takeaway is that overall, all those weapons together are designed to try and overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses.

Just 20 of almost 500 drones got through.

And what it did which really changed things was it, it gave from kind of mid-2024 onwards, it's given Russian fighter aviation a meaningful, very influential role around the frontlines.

Because up to that point, the, the Sukhoi 34s in particular could and did employ standoff weapons against frontline positions, things like the Kh-59, which is a, a air-launched cruise missile.

Um, but those weapons were all generally too expensive and in, available in too small numbers to meaningfully affect things around the front.

Whereas the glide bombs, as you say, hundreds a week, they're heavy payload, they're actually pretty accurate.

Okay, let's look at Russian strikes and what was going on there.

Russia launched a Kh-59 guided missile and a hundred and twenty-one drones, including seventy-six jet-powered Shaheds.

Strikes were recorded at fifteen locations, debris falling at four.

Russian attacks killed at least ten, injuring sixty-nine as you-- as, um, Moscow targets energy infrastructure.

Zelensky's striking hard within Russia.

I mean, just look in the past twenty-four hours, at least six Ukrainian attack drones hit the Russia Iskira electronic plant, which is a key manufacturer of components of Russian missile systems, including the Kh-59 and the Pantsir.

Let's play this clip.

Now you'll see over here footage of a Ukrainian attack drone slamming into Russia's Perm oil refinery.