Night attack: Air Force destroys X-59 missile and 20 attack drones
Kyiv • UNN
The Ukrainian Air Force repelled the attack, destroying an X-59 missile and 20 Shahid drones, and preventing an Iskander-K cruise missile from reaching the target.
During the night attack, Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners shot down an X-59 missile and 20 attack drones. This was reported by the Air Force Command, according to UNN.
Details
It is noted that on the night of November 17 November, Russian occupation forces attacked:
- Iskander-K cruise missile,
- X-59 guided missile (launch areas - Crimea and occupied Kherson region),
- 20 strike drones of the Shahed type drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Chauda districts in Crimea
Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and the units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces.
As a result of combat operations, 20 "shaheds" and one X-59 guided missile. The Iskander-K cruise missile did not reach its target.
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Air targets were destroyed in Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi regions.
