Air defense shoots down 14 out of 17 Shaheds and two missiles overnight - Air Force
Kyiv • UNN
During the night attack, air defense forces shot down 14 of 17 Russian Shahed drones and two X-59 missiles.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 14 Russian attack drones and two X-59 missiles at night. This was reported by the commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports .
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It is noted that on the night of April 10, the enemy attacked with 17 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs from Cape Chauda, two Iskander-K cruise missiles and one Iskander-M ballistic missile from the occupied Crimea.
The attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. A total of 14 "shaheds" were shot down in Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.
In addition, around 20:00 on April 9, two X-59 guided missiles used by the enemy to attack Odesa were destroyed.