Air Defense Forces Destroy 33 Of 54 Drones Used By Russia To Attack Ukraine

2025-09-21 05:08:18

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

Starting at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, the invaders attacked with 54 Shahed and Gerbera strike UAVs and other types of drones from the following directions: Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), about 30 of them were Shahed drones.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 20, Air Defense Forces shot down/neutralized 33 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones in the north, east, and center of the country.

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Twenty-one strike drones were recorded hitting eight locations.

As reported by Ukrinform, two firefighters were injured during rescue operations at a critical infrastructure facility in the Chernihiv region as a result of shelling.

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