Ukraine's Air Defense Neutralizes 120 Out Of 150 Russian Drones

2025-09-02 02:06:04

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, this was reported on Telegram by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Starting at 19:00 on Monday, September 1, Russian forces launched 150 strike UAVs of the Shahed type, along with various decoy drones, from the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea).

The aerial assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems divisions, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces.

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Preliminary data as of 08:00 on Tuesday, September 2, indicate that air defense forces shot down or suppressed 120 Shahed-type UAVs and various decoy drones across northern, southern, eastern, and central Ukraine.

Thirty combat drones struck nine sites, while wreckage from intercepted drones landed in five more.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, a fire broke out in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, following a Russian drone attack. One person was killed and others were injured.

Photo credit: Kalashnyk/Telegram

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