Russian troops attacked Ukraine at night with 24 Shahed attack drones. All enemy drones were shot down by air defense forces in seven regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.
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According to the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of August 5, 2024, the Russian occupiers attacked with Shahed UAVs from the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk.
The Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and tracked down 24 attack drones. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, all enemy UAVs were shot down by mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare assets of the Air Force in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipro regions