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8 Shaheds and 5 missiles were shot down in the sky over Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
The Ukrainian military repelled a massive russian attack, destroying 13 of 16 air targets. Among the targets downed were 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 Shahed attack UAVs.
At night, the Ukrainian military shot down 13 air targets out of 16. In particular, 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 attack UAVs were shot down. This was reported by Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.
On the night of August 18, 2024, the enemy attacked with ballistic missiles from the kursk and voronezh regions, cruise and guided missiles, as well as Shahed-type strike UAVs (launch area kursk region - rf)
According to him, a total of 16 enemy airborne attack vehicles were detected by the Air Force's radio engineering troops:
- 1 Iskander-M ballistic missile;
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 2 X-59 guided missiles;
- 3 cruise missiles (type to be specified);
- 8 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.
He added that as a result of the anti-aircraft battle, anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force, mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and electronic warfare units shot down 13 air targets within Kyiv, Sumy and Poltava regions:
- 2 KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 3 cruise missiles (type to be specified);
- 8 attack UAVs “Shahed-131/136”
According to him, the rest of the missiles that were not included in the statistics of those shot down did not reach their intended targets. Preliminary, there were no casualties or injuries.
Addendum
The head of the KCMA, Sergey Popko , reported that this morning, around 07:00, after a failed attempt to launch a ballistic missile strike, russian troops attacked Kyiv again, this time with cruise missiles, preliminary of the Iskander-K type.
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