Air Defense Forces destroy 20 of 20 Russian attack drones - Air Force
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrainian air defense forces successfully shot down all 20 Russian attack drones launched during the night attack on April 9.
On the night of Tuesday, April 9, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 20 Russian-launched shaheds. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.
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It is noted that at night, on April 9, the Russian occupiers attacked:
- 20 attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type from Cape Chauda (Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia),
- four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Donetsk region.
Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile and electronic warfare units of the Air Force, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack.
As a result of the air strike, all 20 "shaheds" in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipro, Poltava, Vinnytsia and Lviv regions were shot down.
Air defense is operating in the Lviv region.Apr 9 2024, 01:03 AM • 108559 views