On the night of Thursday, April 17, russian troops launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, three S-300/400 anti-aircraft guided missiles and 75 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to shoot down 25 drones, another 30 UAVs 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 April 17 (from 08:00 pm on April 16), the enemy struck with two Iskander-M missiles from the Rostov Oblast (russia), three S-300/400 missiles from the occupied territory of the Luhansk Region, as well as 75 Shahed attack UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo (both - russia) and Cape Chauda (Crimea).
"As of 10:00 am, the shooting down of 25 Shahed attack UAVs (drones of other types) in the east, north, south and center of the country was confirmed. 30 enemy simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)," the message says.
The Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk Regions suffered as a result of the enemy attack.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of April 16, the russians launched 97 drones over Ukraine, air defense forces shot down 57 of them, and another 34 drones did not reach their targets.
Meanwhile, the russians attacked the city of Dnipro with drones. Three people were killed, including a child, and dozens were wounded.
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