Ukrainian defenders down all Russian attack drones overnight

Ivashkiv Olena — Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 06:51

Air defence mobile fire group. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

All nine Shahed attack drones that the Russians used to bombard Ukraine on the night of 15-16 April were downed by mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Air Force and Defence Forces.

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram

Details: The Russians launched nine Shahed attack UAVs on the night of 15-16 April from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.

The drones were downed within Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

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