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Air defense downed 57 of 131 enemy drones at night

On the night of Monday, March 31, russian troops launched 2 ballistic missiles and 131 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to shoot down 57 UAVs, another 45 did not reach their targets (lost in location).

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

It is noted that on the night of March 31 (from 08:00 pm on March 30) the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Kursk Oblast (russian federation) and 131 Shahed attack UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the directions of Millerovo, Kursk, Bryansk, Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (russian federation).

"As of 9:00 am, it has been confirmed that 57 Shahed attack UAVs (other types of UAVs) have been shot down in the north, east and center of the country. 45 enemy simulator UAVs have been lost in location (without negative consequences)," the report says.

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The Sumy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv and Zhytomyr Regions were affected by the russian attack.

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As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of Saturday, March 29, russian troops launched 172 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to shoot down 94 of them, another 69 UAVs did not reach their targets (lost in location).

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