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Air Defence Forces destroy 21 Russian drones, two missiles overnight - Air Force

Another enemy missile failed to reach its intended target. 

Air Defence Forces destroy 21 Russian drones, two missiles overnight - Air Force
Photo: Defence Forces South

Last night, the enemy attacked with Shahed-type attack drones from the direction of Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia) and X-59 guided missiles from the airspace of the occupied Kherson Region, Ukrainian Air Force reported via Telegram

The strike involved:

  • 21 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs;
  • three X-59 guided missiles. 

The main direction of the drone strike was Khmelnytskyy Region, and the missiles were launched in the south of the country.

Fighter jets, anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces were involved in repelling the air attack. 

As a result of combat operations, all enemy attack drones were destroyed in Odesa, Mykolayiv, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya and Khmelnytskyy Regions. Two guided missiles were also destroyed in Mykolayiv Region. The third missile did not reach its intended target. 

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