Overnight, defense forces destroyed 13 of 19 Shahed-type attack drones launched by Russian troops in Ukraine and attacked a large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Novocherkassk in the Feodosia area, the Ukrainian Air Force reported, UNN reports.
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From 18:30 on December 25 to 03:00 on December 26, 2023, the enemy attacked from the southeast with Shahed-type attack UAVs.
"A total of 19 Shaheds were launched from Balaklava (Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia). As a result of an air battle, the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 13 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs within Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Khmelnytskyi regions," the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram.
It is also reported that "at about 02.30 on December 26, tactical aviation of the Air Force attacked a large landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Novocherkassk" with cruise missiles near Feodosia". "The result is 'in your face'!" the AFU said .