Overnight, 21 Shahed-type attack drones out of 22 launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk said on Thursday, UNN reports.
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"On the night of July 4, 2024, the enemy attacked with 22 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. 21 Shaheds were shot down in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Dnipro and Poltava regions," Oleshchuk said on Telegram.
According to him, anti-aircraft missile units, calculations of mobile firing groups of the Defense Forces and electronic warfare units of the Air Force of Ukraine were involved in combat operations.