On the night of 18 May, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 13 Shahed attack drones from the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk. Air defence forces destroyed all Russian UAVs.
This was reported by Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk.
As a result of an anti-aircraft battle, anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces shot down all 13 Shaheds.
Russian drones were destroyed in Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsya, Mykolayiv and Dnipropetrovsk Regions.