51 of 87 enemy drones shot down over Ukraine overnight
Kyiv • UNN
Overnight, Russia attacked Ukraine with 87 Shahed drones from Kursk, Orel, and Crimea. Ukrainian defense forces destroyed 51 UAVs in nine regions, 30 were lost and one is still in the air.
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 drones, destroying 51 drones in nine regions, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Tuesday, UNN reports.
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According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of November 19, 2024 (from 19.30 on November 18), the enemy attacked with 87 Shahed-type attack UAVs and unidentified drones from the Kursk, Orel, and TOT areas of Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces.
As of 09:00, 51 enemy UAVs were confirmed to have been shot down in Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions. As a result of active countermeasures, 30 enemy UAVs were lost in different regions. One UAV is in the airspace of Ukraine, combat work continues!
