Ukraine's Air Force downs 7 out of 8 Shahed UAVs attacking Ukraine

Ukrainska Pravda
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Ukrainian troops hunting for Shahed UAVs
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with eight Shahed kamikaze drones on the night of 27-28 December, with Ukraine’s air defence destroying seven of them.

Source: the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram; Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "Seven drones were shot down by fighter aircraft, air defence units and mobile fire groups from the Air Force and Defence Forces within Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Zaporizhzhia oblasts."

Details: That night, the Russians launched Shahed drones from Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk district in Krasnodar Krai [a krai is a federal subject of Russia – ed.].

Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, said two drones had been destroyed in Kryvyi Rih district.

Background: On the night of 27-28 December, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with assault drones.

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