Russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with 16 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs and three guided missiles on 18 July. Air defence shot down all Russian drones and two missiles.
This was reported by the commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk.
"The enemy launched the Shahed-131/136 from the Kursk Region of Russia. Two X-59/X-69 and one X-35 missiles were coming from the south.
A total of 19 air targets were detected and tracked by the radio engineering troops, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, and electronic warfare units were involved in repelling the air attack.
As a result, the defenders of the skies managed to shoot down all 16 Shaheds and two X-59 guided missiles in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv and Kharkiv Regions.
Most of the targets were destroyed in the eastern direction - in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Air Command.