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Air defence forces shoot down 11 out of 17 Russia-launched Shaheds

Russians launched drones from the occupied Crimea. 

Air defence forces shoot down 11 out of 17 Russia-launched Shaheds
Servicemen of the 241st Territorial Defence Brigade hunt Shaheds in the Kyiv Region.
Photo: EPA/UPG

On the night of 8 February, the Russian military attacked Ukraine with 17 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from Cape Chauda (Crimea). This was reported by the Air Force Command.

As a result of the strike, 11 Shaheds were destroyed in Mykolayiv, Odesa, Vinnytsya and Dnipropetrovsk Regions.

Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defence Forces were involved in repelling the attack. 

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