Overnight drone attack, – Air Force report
Source: Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk
During the night, Russian military again attacked Ukrainian cities with Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
The invaders launched 28 drones from the occupied Crimea and Kursk region of the Russian Federation. In addition, Russians also used Kh-22 cruise missiles and S-300 missiles.
The Ukrainian air defense managed to intercept and destroy 26 out of 28 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles.
The drones were downed in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
At the same time, Kharkiv governor reported that one of the enemy drones hit the residential area in the city.
Natalia Humeniuk, the press officer of the army command ‘South’, stated that the enemy troops again tried to hit energy objects.
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