Ukrainian forces shot down 32 Russian-launched Shahed drones overnight, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported on Telegram on July 5.
Russia launched 32 Shahed drones from Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
Air Force's fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, Ukrainian Defense Forces' mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare units repelled the attack.
Ukrainian defenders shot down all 32 Shahed drones over Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy oblasts.
Air raid alerts were issued in several oblasts, with air defense systems operating near the capital and in Kyiv Oblast.