Ukraine’s air defense destroys 50 Shahed drones and missile in large-scale Russian strike

August 22, 2024

Microsoft Start

The Russian occupiers launched the following attacks on Ukraine overnight:

・Two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Voronezh Oblast;

・A Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air-launched missile from the airspace over Kursk Oblast;

・69 Shahed-type attack drones from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk, and Kursk.

In total, the Air Force’s radar units detected and tracked 72 airborne targets. The Russian air attack was repelled by Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units of the Air Force, and mobile fire teams from the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

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