Ukrainian air defence downs 17 out of 23 Russian attack drones overnight
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with two Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles and 23 Shahed attack drones on the night of 13-14 August, and Ukrainian air defence managed to destroy 17 drones. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, on Telegram Quote: "As a result of combat efforts, the mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian defence forces and aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare assets of the Air Force shot down 17 enemy UAVs in Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Zhytomyr oblasts.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with two Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles and 23 Shahed attack drones on the night of 13-14 August, and Ukrainian air defence managed to destroy 17 drones.
Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, on Telegram
Quote: "As a result of combat efforts, the mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian defence forces and aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units and electronic warfare assets of the Air Force shot down 17 enemy UAVs in Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kharkiv and Zhytomyr oblasts."
Details: It is reported that the Russians launched missiles from Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, and drones from the area of the Chauda training ground (Crimea) and the Russian cities of Yeysk and Kursk.
Background: On the night of 13-14 August, the Air Force shot down one Russian Shahed drone in Mykolaiv Oblast, and the drone wreckage damaged two residential buildings.
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