359 Russian Shahed drones destroyed this year, – president Zelensky
Source: president Volodymyr Zelensky
In his evening address on February 11, president Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian air defense has downed 359 Russian attack drones this year.
Zelensky expressed gratitude to all our defenders of the sky, who repel Russian drone and missile attacks every night and every day, ‘as much as the strength of our air defense now allows’.
He added that only during the last 24 hours, the air defense destroyed 40 Shahed drones. They were shot in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, and Dnipro regions.
Zelensky also thanked every soldier who is on combat duty, saving the people and infrastructure of Ukraine.
‘We are working to add more efficiency to our mobile fire groups and for even more regions of Ukraine to receive electronic warfare defense systems. This is one of the key priorities of the year,’ the president concluded.
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