Three out of six missiles and 23 out of 37 drones were shot down over Ukraine during the Russian attack
Kyiv • UNN
On the night of April 18, the Russians attacked Ukraine with missiles and UAVs, launching 6 missiles of various types and 37 ударних drones. The Defense Forces shot down 3 missiles and 23 UAVs.
Russian Federation attacked Ukraine at night with 6 missiles and 37 drones, 3 missiles and 23 drones were shot down, another 10 drones did not reach their targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Friday, UNN writes.
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According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of April 18, Russian invaders launched an attack on Ukraine with ground-based missiles and attack UAVs.
According to preliminary data, the radio-technical troops of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detected and escorted 43 air attack weapons of the enemy - 6 missiles of various types and 37 strike UAVs (drones-imitators of other types), in particular: 1 ballistic missile "Iskander-M" (launch area - Crimea); 5 cruise missiles "Iskander-K" (launch areas - TOT of Zaporizhzhia region, Crimea); 37 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and drones-imitators of other types (launch areas - Millerovo, Kursk - Russia).
The enemy's air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare equipment and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 09.30, the destruction of 26 air targets has been confirmed: 3 Iskander-K cruise missiles; 23 Shahed-type strike UAVs
10 enemy drones-imitators, as indicated, are locationally lost.
"As a result of the enemy attack, the following regions were affected: Sumy region, Kharkiv region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Mykolaiv region, Kyiv region", the report says.