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Air defence down 61 Russian drones, guided missile

Air defence operations were conducted in 13 Regions.

Air defence down 61 Russian drones, guided missile
Ukrainian servicemen
Photo: General Staff

Overnight, the Air Defence Forces shot down 61 Russian attack drones and one guided missile. This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 

Russian military attacked Donetsk Region with three missiles of an unspecified type, Dnipropetrovsk Region with an X-59 guided missile from the airspace of the TOT in Zaporizhzhya Region, and 70 Shahed attack UAVs (launch areas: Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk - Russia).

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Defence Forces were involved in repelling Russian air attack. As a result of the air battle, 61 attack UAVs and one X-59 guided missile were shot down.

Nine Russian drones were locally lost in several Regions of Ukraine (no information on casualties or damage was received). 

Air defences were operating in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsya, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyy, Mykolayiv, Odesa and Kherson Regions. 

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