In the sky over Ukraine at night, the air defense forces destroyed all 14 Shahed attack drones launched by Russian troops. This was reported by the Air Force, UNN reports .
All 14 shaheds were shot down by Ukrainian Defense Forces mobile firing groups, aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, and Air Force electronic warfare systems. Air defense was conducted in Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kyiv regions,
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It is also reported that on the night of August 17, 2024, Russian troops struck the city of Sumy with an Iskander-K cruise missile (launched from the Voronezh region - Russian Federation) and 14 Shahed strike UAVs from the districts of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk, Kursk - Russian Federation.
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The General Staff updated the data on enemy losses. Over the past day, the Russian army lost 1230 soldiers, 58 artillery systems, 5 tanks and other equipment.