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Ukrainian air defence system destroyed all Russian Shaheds attacking Ukraine overnight

Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 06:44
Ukrainian air defence system destroyed all Russian Shaheds attacking Ukraine overnight
Downed Shahed. Photo: Serhii Naiev

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed all 20 Shahed attack drones that Russia used to attack Ukraine on the night of 8-9 April.

Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force on Telegram

Details: The Russians launched 20 Shahed attack UAVs over Ukraine from Cape Chauda (Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), as well as four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from occupied Donetsk Oblast.

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Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units of the Air Force, and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the air attack.

As a result of the air battle, all 20 Shaheds were shot down within Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Lviv oblasts.

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