On the night of Monday, August 18, russian troops launched 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 140 drones over the territory of Ukraine, and air defense forces managed to neutralize 88 drones.
This was announced by the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
It is noted that on the night of August 18 (from 09:00 pm on August 17), the enemy attacked with 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from the Taganrog, Millerovo, Kursk areas), as well as 140 Shahed strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the directions of Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - RF, Chauda - TOT Crimea.
"According to preliminary data, as of 09:00 am, air defense forces shot down/suppressed 88 enemy Shahed UAVs and simulator drones of various types in the north, south, east and center of the country," the report says.
Enemy missiles and strike UAVs hit 25 locations in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Kyiv Regions.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of August 16, the russians launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 85 drones over the territory of Ukraine, and air defense forces managed to neutralize 61 drones.
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