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Russia attacked Ukraine with 57 drones, shot down 53 - Air Force commander
Kyiv • UNN
On the night of August 11, Russia attacked Ukraine with 57 Shahed drones and 4 ballistic missiles. Defense forces shot down 53 UAVs in different regions. The Air Force commander warned of the threat of North Korean missiles.
On the night of August 11, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 57 Shahed attack UAVs, and the Ukrainian military managed to shoot down 53. This was announced by the commander of the Air Force of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk, UNN reports.
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According to Oleshchuk, on the night of August 11, 2024, the enemy attacked with 4 KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region and 57 Shahed-type attack UAVs from the districts of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk, and Kursk in Russia. The occupiers also attacked the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, allegedly with rocket artillery.
"As a result of anti-aircraft combat, mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, aviation, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare assets of the Air Force shot down 53 enemy UAVs in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Rivne and Cherkasy regions," the Air Force commander added.
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In addition, Oleshchuk noted that KN-23 ballistic missiles, although rarely hitting their intended targets, pose a serious threat to the population.
"Regarding the Russian strikes with North Korean missiles, I will say the following: Take care of yourself and your families," he emphasized.
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