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The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 24 Shahed drones overnight

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The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 24 Shahed drones overnight

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On the night of Monday, August 5, Russian forces launched attack drones to strike Ukrainian territory. Air defenders successfully destroyed 24 UAVs.

This was reported by Mykola Oleschuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is noted that Russian forces attacked Ukraine with Shahed-type attack UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions in Russia.

According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, radio-technical troops detected and tracked 24 attack drones.

As a result of the air battle, all UAVs were shot down by mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, anti-aircraft missile units, and electronic warfare systems of the Air Force in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

 

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