Ukrainian Air Force: 28 out of 31 enemy Shahed drones and two missiles were destroyed at night, two Russian aircraft were destroyed over the day

Ukrainian Air Force: 28 out of 31 enemy Shahed drones and two missiles were destroyed at night, two Russian aircraft were destroyed over the day

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Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 28 drones, 2 missiles and 2 enemy aircraft

Defense forces destroyed 28 out of 31 Shahed attack drones, two out of two air missiles, and two enemy aircraft overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Monday, UNN reports.

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On the night of December 25, the enemy reportedly attacked with 31 Shahed UAVs from the Chauda and Balaklava-Crimea areas and two air defense missiles.

"As a result of an anti-aircraft battle, the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces destroyed 28 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytskyi regions," the statement said.

According to the report, during the air attack, the enemy also used an X-59 guided missile in the Zaporizhzhia direction and an X-31P anti-radar missile from the Black Sea. "Both of them were destroyed," the Armed Forces reported.

"Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force also destroyed two enemy aircraft: one Su-34 in Donetsk region (reported in the evening) and one Su-30SM over the Black Sea," the statement said.

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