On the night of Thursday, October 17, russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with a Kh-59 guided air missile, as well as 56 attack UAVs and unmanned aerial vehicles of an unknown type; air defense forces managed to destroy 22 enemy drones, 27 UAVs were lost in location, 2 left the airspace of Ukraine, 5 hit infrastructure objects.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
It is noted that at night the enemy attacked Ukraine with a Kh-59 missile from the airspace of the Kursk Oblast (russia), and also launched 56 drones from the Kursk, Oryol and Primorsko-Akhtarsk Oblasts (all - russia).
"As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 22 enemy UAVs were shot down in the Sumy, Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Odesa and Ternopil Regions. Two UAVs left the airspace in the direction of Belarus, 27 combat UAVs and drones of an unknown type were lost due to active countermeasures by the electronic warfare of the Defense Forces," the message says.
At the same time, 5 strikes by UAVs on infrastructure facilities in the frontline areas were recorded.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the air attack.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, russian troops launched more than 130 drones over Ukraine on the night of Wednesday, October 16.
Air defense forces destroyed 68 enemy drones, 64 unmanned aerial vehicles were lost in location, 2 Shaheds returned to russia, 2 were hit the territory of Ukraine.
The russian occupiers attacked Kyiv with attack drones from the evening of October 16 and into the night of the October 17, an apartment building was damaged in the Desnianskyi District.
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