Overnight, 17 out of 23 Shahed attack drones launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, and the enemy also attacked with two X-59/69 missiles, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, said on Wednesday, UNN reports.
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According to Oleshchuk, on the night of August 14, 2024, the Russian occupiers attacked with 2 X-59/69 guided missiles from the airspace of the Belgorod region (Russian Federation) and 23 Shahed-type attack UAVs from the areas of Chauda (Crimea), Yeysk, Kursk (Russian Federation).
In an anti-aircraft battle, mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, aviation, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare systems of the Air Force shot down 17 enemy UAVs in Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions