On the night of 7 September, Russia attacked Ukraine with 67 Shahed strike UAVs from the areas of Kursk, Yeysk and Cape Chauda. Air defence forces destroyed 58 Russian drones, the Air Force reported.
"In total, the Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and escorted 67 Shaheds. Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile firing groups of electronic warfare units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces were involved in repelling the enemy air attack," the statement said.
As a result of the air battle, Ukrainian air defence forces shot down 58 attack UAVs.
"6 drones left the controlled airspace of Ukraine, flying towards Russia, Belarus and the temporarily occupied Luhansk Region. Three more Russian UAVs were lost on the territory of Ukraine (presumably they fell under the influence of electronic warfare)," the air force added.
Russian air targets were destroyed within Vinnytsya, Rivne, Khmelnytskyy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Kherson and Poltava Regions.