Overnight, 25 Shahed attack drones out of 38 launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, three were lost locally after crossing the state border with Romania, the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, said on Thursday, UNN reports.
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According to him, on the night of July 25, the occupiers attacked with Shahed UAVs from Cape Chauda in Crimea and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russian Federation.
Last night, the enemy used 38 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs to attack Ukrainian infrastructure in several areas, including the south of Odesa region and central Ukraine. As a result of the air battle, 25 attack UAVs were shot down. Three more "Shaheds" were lost after crossing the state border with Romania
According to him, the air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops and electronic warfare units of the Air Force, as well as by mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
"Air defense was operating in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Cherkasy regions," said the Ukrainian Air Force commander.