Air Force downs all 23 attack drones Russian launched overnight

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 3 missiles and 23 Shahed attack drones on the night of 19-20 February; all the Russian drones were destroyed.

Source: Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces of Ukraine's South on Telegram

Quote from the Air Force: "As a result of combat operations, all 23 Shahed drones were shot down within Kharkiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts."

Details: The Air Force clarified that the Russians launched two S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Belgorod Oblast in the Russian Federation, a Kh-31 air-launched guided missile from the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Shahed attack drones from the Russian city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

Ukrainian Defence Forces’ anti-aircraft missile units, mobile firing groups and electronic warfare equipment were involved in repelling the attack.

The Defence Forces of Ukraine’s South added that two Shahed drones were shot down in Kirovohrad Oblast and one each in Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

Background:  

• A fire has broken out at an industrial facility in the Kremenchuk district of Poltava Oblast as a result of a Russian drone attack. 
• The debris of a downed Shahed drone damaged three dachas (summer houses) and two cars in Dnipro district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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