As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 17 enemy UAVs were shot down. Most of them were shot down in Odesa region.
In Ukraine, 4 enemy reconnaissance drones were destroyed in the south over the past day, and Russian troops attacked Kherson and Odesa regions with ballistic missiles.
Ukraine's air defense destroyed 2 Shahed attack drones, another 2 Shaheds were lost in the airspace of Belarus, and 8 reconnaissance drones were shot down in the south and east of Ukraine.
On July 14-15, 2024, Ukraine's air defense in the south destroyed 8 Russian reconnaissance drones, including 6 Orlan-10 and 2 Zala UAVs.
Air defense forces in eastern Ukraine shot down two guided missiles and four reconnaissance drones overnight.
On July 9, Russian troops attacked Odesa region with a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed five reconnaissance drones in the region.
On July 5, 2024, Ukraine's air defense in the south shot down 5 X-59 guided missiles and 7 reconnaissance drones (4 ZALA, 2 Supercam, and 1 Orlan-10).
In the morning, one Iskander-K missile out of three launched by Russian troops, all of the four enemy X-59 missiles and all of the five Shahed drones, as well as one Orlan-10 drone were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine.
In June 2024, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed nearly 300 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and a Su-25 aircraft.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 6 enemy drones, including 2 Lancets, Zala, Orlan-10, SuperKam and one unidentified drone in the south and east of the country on the night of June 27.
The Russians attacked the Odessa region with a ballistic missile from the occupied Crimea. In addition, during the day, the air defense of the south of Ukraine destroyed the Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone in Mykolaiv region and The Lancet strike drone in Kherson region.
Ukrainian air defense destroyed 17 Shahed drones and 2 Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drones in the south.
On the night of May 19, Russian troops attacked Odesa region with kamikaze drones, but air defense forces destroyed 24 drones. However, the falling debris damaged an administrative building in Odesa district
Zelenskiy said that russia's biggest advantage is that they can fire any weapon from their territory on Ukrainian territory, while Ukraine cannot strike Russian systems on Russian soil with Western weapons.
On May 12, air defense forces destroyed an enemy Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV in Odesa region and a Lancet strike UAV in Kherson region.
On May 11, Ukrainian air defense units in the southern regions destroyed five russian reconnaissance drones, including four Zala models in Kherson and one Orlan-10 in Mykolaiv.
A Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone was destroyed in Mykolaiv region on the morning of May 2, and the day before, on May 1, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a guided missile, two Shahed attack drones, and another Orlan-10 drone in the southern districts of Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.
Russia is trying to spread information about the alleged patenting of new drones, but this is just propaganda and exaggeration of achievements. They are now using various reconnaissance drones like the Shaked UAV to attack Ukraine.
During the night attack on Ukraine, the Russians used unidentified drones, probably for reconnaissance purposes.
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed four Russian drones, including one attack and three reconnaissance drones, in Odesa and Kherson regions.
Russia is using mobile platforms and drones for reconnaissance and missile strikes from Crimea to compensate for the absence of missile carriers at sea after Ukraine successfully destroyed Russian strategic bombers.
An Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by air defense forces in Dniprovsky district, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovs'k regional military administration, Serhiy Lysak.
The defenders of the sky in Dnipropetrovs'k region shot down another enemy Orlan-10 drone that was circling in Dniprovs'k district, keeping the skies over the region clear.
In the morning, Ukrainian defenders shot down a Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone in Dniprovsky district.
Russian occupants attacked Nikopol district using 13 kamikaze drones and heavy artillery, causing significant damage but no casualties.
A Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), presumably an Orlan-10, was shot down in Dniprovsky district.
In the morning, a Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone was shot down in Odesa region.
During a night attack on April 20, the Ukrainian Air Force shot down two Russian X-59/X-69 missiles and three reconnaissance drones.
On April 19, 2024, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 4 russian reconnaissance drones over Odesa region.
Russia has intensified the use of reconnaissance and combat drones in the Kharkiv region: in recent days, border guards have shot down four UAVs, the aggressor country is trying to conduct aerial reconnaissance and launching various tactical drones, some of which are equipped with foreign-made trackers to track their location.