On the night of Tuesday, October 1, russian troops launched 32 Shahed combat UAVs on the territory of Ukraine, the air defense forces managed to destroy 29 enemy drones.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on its Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
"On the night of October 1, 2024, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 32 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (launch areas: Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk - russia, Chauda - Crimea)," the message reads.
It is noted that as a result of anti-aircraft combat, 29 attack UAVs were shot down in the Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk Regions as a result of the air combat by the Air Forces, Mechanized Infantry Forces, and EW of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, as a result of countermeasures by EW, three enemy drones were lost in location, preliminarily without consequences.
The air attack was repulsed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of Monday, September 30, russian troops launched 3 missiles of various types and 73 attack UAVs on the territory of Ukraine, the air defense forces managed to destroy 67 drones and one air missile.
On the night of Saturday, September 28, russian troops launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 73 Shahed combat drones on the territory of Ukraine, the air defense forces managed to shoot down two air missiles and 69 drones.
Meanwhile, in Kyiv, in the Obolonskyi District, the wreckage of a Shahed fell near a residential building.
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