Ukraine's Air Defenses Shoot Down 21 Shaheds Overnight, One Drone Returns To Russia
Date
10/9/2024 3:09:00 AM
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Russian army attacked Ukraine with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 22 Shahed strike drones overnight into Wednesday, October 9.
The Ukrainian Air Force Command announced this on facebook , Ukrinform reports.
"On the night of October 9, 2024, the enemy attacked the Poltava region with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles fired from Russia's Kursk region, as well as 22 strike UAVs launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia, and Cape Chauda, Crimea," the post reads.
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Ukrainian aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, EW units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces were involved in repelling the attack.
Twenty-one enemy UAVs were shot down in the Odesa, Vinnytsia and Kyiv regions. Another attack drone returned to Russia.
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