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Air defence forces shoot down 17 out of 23 Russia-launched Shahed drones, most of them in Odesa Region

Eight Russian reconnaissance drones were also destroyed. 

Air defence forces shoot down 17 out of 23 Russia-launched Shahed drones, most of them in Odesa Region
Mobile brigade of air defence forces on Kyiv Region
Photo: Max Trebukhov

Russians attacked Kharkiv Region with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and a missile of a type to be determined (from Belgorod Region). The Russian military also attacked the south of the country with Shahed-type strike UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia) and the occupied Crimea. This was reported by the Air Force Command.

A total of 23 Russian strike UAVs were detected and escorted by radio engineering troops. The air attack was repelled by units of mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare units of the Air Force. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 17 Russian UAVs were shot down. Most of them were shot down in Odesa Region.

Over the past day and this day, the Defence Forces destroyed at least eight Russian reconnaissance UAVs in different directions: 4 - Zala, 2 - Supercam, 2 - Orlan-10. 

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