48 drones and 2 missiles shot down over Ukraine: details of Russia's night attack

48 drones and 2 missiles shot down over Ukraine: details of Russia's night attack

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Russia attacked Ukraine with 79 drones and 2 X-59/69 missiles from different directions. Air defense forces destroyed 48 drones and both missiles in eight regions of Ukraine.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 79 drones and 2 X-59/69 missiles. Forty-eight drones and both missiles were destroyed in eight regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Tuesday, UNN reports.

Details

According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of November 5 (from 20:00 on November 4), the enemy launched two X-59/69 guided missiles from the Black Sea in Odesa region, attacked Kharkiv region with guided bombs, and launched 79 Shahed-type attack UAVs and unidentified drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, and Orel.

The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces.

As of 08.30, two X-59/69 guided missiles and 48 enemy UAVs were confirmed downed in Odesa, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Khmelnytsky regions. 30 enemy UAVs were locally lost in different regions of Ukraine, one more returned to Russia

- the Air Force reported on social media.

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