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1 Shahed drone downed, 5 private houses damaged by debris in Khmelnitsky

Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 12:56
1 Shahed drone downed, 5 private houses damaged by debris in Khmelnitsky
The debris of another UAV damaged the private house in Starokostiantyniv hromada. Photo: Suspilne

Ukraine’s Air Force downed a Shahed-type assault drone in Khmelnitsky Oblast on the night of 27-28 November. The debris of another UAV that was shot down in the morning damaged private houses in Starokostiantyniv hromada [an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]. 

Source: Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration on Telegram; Suspilne Khmelnytskyi

Quote from the Air Force: "This night on 28 November 2023, air defence downed a Shahed-type assault UAV, while in the morning a Orlan-10 operational-tactical reconnaissance UAV was shot down in the south. 

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In addition, the enemy carried out a missile attack in the eastern direction, targeting Zaporizhzhia Oblast with a ballistic missile (presumably Iskander-M) at about 09:00 in the morning." 

Details: Serhii Tiurin, First Deputy Chief of Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, said that air defence forces were deployed in Khmelnytskyi during the morning attack.

Debris fell on the roof of a private house in Khmelnytskyi district as a result of Ukrainian air defence shooting down the air target. No fire was reported, and there were no casualties. 

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Mykola Melnychuk, Mayor of Starokostiantyniv, told Suspilne that at least five houses in the hromada were damaged. One of them was half destroyed: the roof is broken, the ceiling in three rooms has collapsed, windows were shattered and the walls are falling apart.

Suspilne Khmelnytskyi published a photo of the aftermath of the UAV being shot down. 

Background: Earlier, Yurii Malashko, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, said that at 08:51 Russian troops launched a missile strike on the territory of a company in one of the districts of Zaporizhzhia. One person was slightly injured. The blast wave damaged a store.

Russian troops launched a missile attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of 27-28 November. 

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