Air defence destroys all 6 Russian Shaheds

Iryna Balachuk — 24 October 2023, 07:22
Air defence destroys all 6 Russian Shaheds
UKRAINIAN SOLDIER. STOCK PHOTO: GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE ON FACEBOOK

Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with six Shahed drones overnight on 23-24 October, and the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed all Russian targets.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 24 October

Quote from the General Staff: "Overnight, Russian invaders launched another airstrike on Ukraine, using six Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs. Air defence destroyed all attack UAVs."

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Details: Over the day, the Russians launched 4 missile strikes and 68 airstrikes on Ukraine, carrying out 49 attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.

As a result of the attack, there were casualties among the civilian population, and residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were destroyed.  

Airstrikes were carried out on the settlements of:

  • Synkivka and Petropavlivka (Kharkiv Oblast);
  • Serebrianka Forest (Luhansk Oblast);
  • Klishchiivka, New-York, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Oleksandropil, Marinka, Novomykhailivka, Urozhaine and Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast);
  • Novodarivka, Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka and Piatykhatky (Zaporizhzhia Oblast);
  • Zmiivka, Olhivka, Lvove, Tiahynka, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Sadovo and Prydniprovske (Kherson Oblast).

About 110 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts came under artillery fire.

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