Ukraine downs all 11 Russian Shahed drones in overnight attack - Air Force
Nation19 August 2024, 09:27 AM
All 11 Shahed attack
drones launched in several groups overnight from Russia’s Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk
directions were shot down, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported on Telegram on Aug. 19.
The enemy drones were intercepted by mobile fire groups, air defense and electronic warfare units over Ukraine’s Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Donetsk oblasts.
Russia launched over 40 missiles, 750 guided bombs, and 200 drones at Ukraine last week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Aug. 18.