In night attacks, the Russians are trying to destroy Ukrainian air defense systems with drones and missiles

First, the Russians fired missiles from the south and then attacked Ukrainian forces with Iranian-made Shahed “kamikaze” drones. mentioned.

He added: “At the beginning of the night, the enemy, with the help of tactical aviation from the Black Sea, tried to destroy our air defense system, as they used Kh-31P missiles. But they were shot down over the sea,” Hominiuk said.

Following the missile attacks, the Russians sent two waves of drone attacks more than two hours apart.

“Initially, Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones were heading from the Crimean peninsula in the direction of the Dnipropetrovsk region via the Mykolaiv region and the Kherson region. In the next wave, they tried to infiltrate through the temporarily occupied Kherson region into the central regions and then head west.”

One drone It was dropped In the Dnipropetrovsk region.

In the Mykolaiv region, the wreckage of a downed drone Consists Power line.

Electricity was cut off in five settlements. Work is underway to restore electricity.

Air defense forces were also tested in the Kiev region.

According to regional authorities, there were no injuries.

In total, the Russian military released 18 witnesses through Ukraine, Ukrainian forces reported.

Air defenses shot down 16 of them.

air forces He said Russian attacks in Poltava, Kiev, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions were thwarted.

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