Russia launches record 75 attack drones at Ukraine, all but one downed
The Russians launched a record number of attack UAVs at Ukraine on the night of 24-25 November. There were 75 Shahed kamikaze drones, 74 of which were shot down.
Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force
Details: Oleshchuk said that 71 of the 75 Shahed drones had been shot down.
Updated: The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed at 11:00 that the Russians had indeed launched 75 Shaheds, with 74 of them shot down.
Quote from Oleshchuk: "The main target of the attack was Kyiv!
I would like to especially mention the combat work of the mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
They [the mobile firing groups] destroyed almost 40% of the targets!"
Details: The Air Force clarified that the launches were carried out from two directions: Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk Oblast in Russia.
Air defence systems were responding to the attack in at least six oblasts of Ukraine: Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad.
A Kh-59 guided missile was also downed in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Anti-aircraft missile units, tactical aircraft, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units were involved in repelling the attack.
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