Ukraine shoots down 4 suicide drones and 1 more unknown UAV overnight
Nation28 April 2024, 10:42 AM
Ukrainian air defense shot down four Russian attack drones and one unidentified drone in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Kirovohrad oblasts, Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of Ukrainian Air Forces, said on Telegram on April 28.
In general, Russia attacked Ukraine with:
- four Shahed-131/136 UAVs from Chauda airfield in occupied Crimea
- five UAVs of unspecified type from occupied Kherson Oblast
- S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile from the Belgorod Oblast.
At night, air raid alerts sounded in many oblasts of Ukraine due to drone attacks. Explosions were heard in Mykolaiv.
City mayor, Oleksandr Senkevych, said that fire broke out at a recreational facility as a result of Russian strike. A heat-generating infrastructure facility was also damaged, no casualties reported.