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Ten out of ten: Air defence shoots down all Russia-launched Shaheds at night

Debris damaged a transformer at an infrastructure facility in Odesa Region. There were no casualties. 

Last night, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with S-300 missiles and Shahed attack drones. The enemy launched anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Donetsk Region, and UAVs from Russian territory, from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area.

The defenders shot down all ten drones, the Air Force said. All of them were flying over Mykolayiv and Odesa Regions.

"As a result of an anti-aircraft battle, mobile firing groups of the Defence Forces and anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force destroyed 10 Shaheds within Odesa and Mykolayiv Regions," the statement said.

Photo: Air Force via Telegram

The air defence system worked intensively for 1.5 hours. One Shahed was downed in Mykolayiv Region, the rest - in Odesa Region, according to the Southern Defence Forces on the Odesa. Officially channel.

"During drone manoeuvres over the industrial zone of Odesa, the wreckage of a downed drone damaged a transformer of a critical infrastructure facility. It was short-circuited and caught fire. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire. No one was injured," the statement said. 

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