According to Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, last night the Defense Forces destroyed 14 of 16 enemy UAVs, UNN reports .
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"All of them are in Odesa region. Thank you for your work!
According to the Air Force, on the night of March 17, the Russian occupiers struck
- 5 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions,
- two X-59 guided missiles in the Chernihiv region,
- 16 attack UAVs of the "Shahed" type (areas of drone launches - Cape Chauda, Crimea).
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and the Army, as well as mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, were involved in repelling the air attack.
As a result of combat operations, 14 "shaheds" were shot down in Odesa region.
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The Southern Defense Forces earlier reported that 13 Shaheds were shot down overnight. There were also hits to agricultural enterprises in Odesa region.