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Ukraine's air defence shoots down 10 of 12 Russian Shaheds at night

A Kh-59 missile failed to reach its target.

Ukraine's air defence shoots down 10 of 12 Russian Shaheds at night
Photo: Facebook/AFU Territorial Defence Forces

On the night of 3 December, Russians attacked Ukraine with 12 Shahed strike UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area and an Kh-59 guided missile. The air defence forces managed to destroy 10 of the 12 UAVs, while the Kh-59 did not reach its target, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

"The enemy attacked with 12 Shahed strike UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area (Russia) and an Kh-59 guided missile from the airspace over Belgorod Region. The strike UAVs attacked in several waves, entering through the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson Region into Mykolayiv Region," the Air Force reported.

Most of the Shaheds were destroyed by air defence in Mykolayiv Region. The rest were heading north-west and were shot down near Starokostyantyniv in Khmelnytskyy Region.

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