“Twenty-six” of these aerial vehicles carrying explosives were “destroyed” in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions
The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 26 Russian unmanned aerial systems of a direction in the eastern and southern part of the country on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, announced the head of the Air Force.
“The enemy launched (…) 28 ‘Shahed 136/131’ attack drones” overnight from Russia’s Kursk region and from Cape Chauda on the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, its commander announced. Ukrainian Air Force Chief Mykola Oleschuk via Telegram.
“Twenty-six” of these aerial vehicles carrying explosives were “destroyed” in Odesa (south), Kharkiv (east), Dnipropetrovsk (east) and Zaporizhia (south) regions, the chief of staff added. without mentioning either injuries or casualties, and also without specifying whether the remaining two achieved their goals, or who they were.
Moscow also fired three Kh-22 cruise missiles, a Kh-31P anti-radar missile and an S-300 surface-to-air missile, according to the same source, which did not elaborate on those launches.
Yesterday Wednesday, Russian bombings killed at least four peopleThey wounded another 30, mostly in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, prompting Kiev to ask its Western allies for more Patriot air defense systems.
“Strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses and speeding up the delivery of (US-designed fighter jets) F-16 are missions of vital importance,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media, saying there was “no excuse” for no more Patriots have been allocated to Kiev, since according to him “there are many in the world”, in order to “protect the airwaves in Kharkiv and other cities and communities under attack by Russian terrorists”.
Source :Skai
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