Overnight into Thursday, December 7, defenders of the Ukrainian sky eliminated 15 out of 18 attack drones launched by russian troops.
This follows from a statement by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
"Overnight into December 7, 2023, occupiers attacked Ukraine with Shahed-type drones launched from Cape Chauda (Crimea). A total of 18 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs were launched. The main directions of the attack were Khmelnytskyi and Odesa. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle by forces and means of the Air Force, in cooperation with the Air Defense Forces of the AFU, destroyed 15 enemy attack UAVs. Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups were involved," the message says.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in July, then-Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated that russia had learned how to jam high-precision missiles for HIMARS with the help of EW.
In October, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov announced that Ukraine plans to increase the production of EW tools.
On November 5, the commander of the Tavria Operational and Strategic Troops Group, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, announced that the Defense Forces had destroyed the Pole-21 electronic warfare station of the russians.
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