Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine's Starokostiantyniv Air Base Area

Russian Military/ILLUSTRATION/Dmitry Yagodkin/TASS

JAKARTA - Russian hypersonic missiles hit the main air base area of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine.

The latest attack on the Starokostiantyniv airfield in the western region of Khmelnytskyi, which is often attacked by Russia, came a day after the Dutch defense minister said the Netherlands would supply more F-16 jets to Ukraine in the coming months.

Ukraine, which received a number of F-16s this summer after months of lobbying Western countries, kept its warplanes a secret to protect them from long-range attacks by Russia during war.

The air force did not say whether the attack caused damage to the airbase.

"There were no civilian casualties or damage to critical infrastructure," said Governor Serhiy Tyurin.

Two Kinzhal missiles were also shot down in the Kyiv region, the air force said.

Debris fell in three Kyiv districts, but no major damage or casualties were reported after air defenses hit incoming targets, the city government said.

The debris damaged the roofs of the multi-storey housing building and supermarket roofs in the Solomianskyi district west of the city and one debris fell in the school area, the city's military chief Serhiy Popko said.

The missile debris also fell into an open area in the central Shevchenkivskyi district and damaged the roof of a car in the Holosiivskyi district in southern Kyiv.

Ukraine's air defenses also shot down 32 Russian drones and 37 others missing from military radar, indicating the drone has been deactivated by an electronic warfare system.