Anti-aircraft gunners shoot down Russian drone spying on sites hit by missiles
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO – SATURDAY, 25 JUNE 2022, 14:30
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners have downed a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle that was carrying out a supplementary reconnaissance following Saturday’s rocket attacks by the Russian forces.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command press service
Quote: "On the morning of 25 June, the anti-aircraft gunners of the Tsentr (Central) Air Force Command hit another enemy Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle.
The UAV was carrying out a supplementary reconnaissance of the sites hit by the Russian airstrikes."
Details: A similar UAV was downed on 24 June as well.
Previously:
On the morning of 25 June, Russian forces launched around 30 missiles on military sites and facilities in Zhytomyr Oblast, killing one soldier.
According to Pivnich [North] Operational Command, Chernihiv Oblast came under a massive missile attack at about 05:00 on 25 June. From the territory of Belarus, 20 missiles were fired on the village of Desna from planes and from the ground.
Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv Oblast Military Administration, said that four Russian missiles hit the Yavoriv district of Lviv Oblast; two other missiles were intercepted.
Ukraine’s Chief Intelligence Directorate said that the attacks are linked to "the Kremlin’s attempts to drag Belarus into the war with Ukraine".