Ukrainian Forces Down 130 Russian Drones, 38 Lost From Tracking

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully downed 130 Russian drones, while 38 other enemy UAVs were lost from radars.

According Ukrinform, Air Force of the armed forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram .

The attacks began at 19:30 on Friday, March 14, with Russia launching two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Kursk region and 178 Shahed-type UAVs along with other types of drone decoys from various directions, including Oryol, Millerovo, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea).

The air assault was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As of 8:30 on Saturday, March 15, the confirmed number of 130 drones shot down was reported across Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.

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Additionally, 38 enemy drone decoys were lost without causing any negative consequences.

The impact of the Russian attack was registered in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions.

Earlier, it was reported that the Russian attack in Odesa region resulted in a fire, infrastructure damage, and one injured person.

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