Ukraine repels a massive attack: more than 70 Shahed drones are shot down
Kyiv • UNN
At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 80 Shahed drones and 2 X-59/69 missiles. Air defense shot down 71 drones, and another 6 were lost to electronic warfare. Air defense was operating in 10 regions.
Last night, the enemy launched 80 Shahed UAVs and two X59/69 guided missiles at Ukraine. More than 70 were shot down. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, UNN reports.
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It is noted that on the night of September 22, 2024, the enemy struck with two X-59/69 guided missiles from the airspace of the TOT of the Luhansk region and launched 80 Shahed-type strike UAVs from Yeysk and Kursk, Russia.
"The enemy's air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile fire
As a result of the air battle, 71 attack UAVs were shot down, and six more drones were lost locally as a result of electronic warfare countermeasures. Air defense was conducted in Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions," the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.
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