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Air defense downed 42 of 96 enemy drones at night

On the night of Monday, April 21, russian troops launched an Oniks anti-ship cruise missile, two Kh-31P anti-radar missiles and 96 drones over the territory of Ukraine. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 42 drones, another 47 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 21 (from 02:00 pm on April 21), the enemy struck the Kherson Region with an Oniks anti-ship missile from the territory of Crimea, the Mykolaiv Region with two Kh-31P anti-radar missiles from the airspace over the Black Sea, and also attacked Ukraine with 96 strike UAVs (simulator drones of other types) from the Millerovo, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (all - the russian federation) and Gvardiyske (Crimea).

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47 ворожих безпілотників-імітаторів - локаційно втрачені (без негативних наслідків).

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"As of 09:00 am, the shooting down of 42 Shahed strike UAVs (simulator drones of other types) in the east, north, south and center of the country was confirmed. 47 enemy simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)," the message says.

The Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy Regions were affected by the enemy attack.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, russia violated the "silence regime" on Easter almost 3,000 times.

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