The enemy tried to attack a power facility in Odesa region and the transport infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia - the Southern Defense Forces reported details of the night attack
Kyiv • UNN
Russians attempted to attack an energy facility in Odesa region and the transportation infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia region. Air defense destroyed 16 drones in the south.
Last night, the enemy continued terrorist attacks on the southern and southeastern regions of Ukraine. The enemy concentrated the main drone strike on Zaporizhzhia region. He also tried to attack an energy facility in Odesa region. This is stated in the message of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, reports UNN.
Details
At the beginning of the night, the Russians reportedly sent X-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft, which had reached launch sites over the Black Sea, toward southern Odesa region, and later fired an anti-radar missile from a Su-30 aircraft in the same direction. The missiles lost their combat capability in the sea.
Later, the enemy sent several waves of Shahed-131/136 drones. The work of the air defense forces lasted almost four hours.
It is noted that the enemy concentrated the main drone strike in Zaporizhzhia region, where drones maneuvered over residential areas and industrial facilities.
Some of the UAVs also entered Dnipropetrovs'k region. Separately, a pair of "Shaheds" from the Black Sea was directed at an energy facility in Odesa region.
Reportedly, 16 Shahed-131/136 drones were destroyed in the Southern Operational Zone: 2 in Odesa region, 3 in Dnipro region and 11 in Zaporizhzhia region."
"Unfortunately, we could not avoid hits. The enemy attacked the transport infrastructure of Zaporizhzhya region. But people were not injured. Instead, the maneuvering of drones over residential areas of Zaporizhzhia led to the fall of the wreckage of downed drones into the private sector," the Southern Defense Forces said in a statement.
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