The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 29 drones and a Russian-launched missile during a new series of overnight strikes on Ukrainian territory.
Ukrainian air defense shot down 29 Iranian-made Shahed 131/136 drones, out of a total of 31 unmanned aerial devices, and an Iskander-K cruise missile, the Kiev Air Force reported through the Telegram social network.
In total, Russia launched 31 drones and one missile from Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014, the Ukrainian Air Force added.
The Russian army, which launched the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, attacks various Ukrainian regions almost every night using drones and missiles.
In September, Moscow launched more than 500 Shahed drones against Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian consultancy Defense Express, which predicts that Moscow will even more actively use this type of weaponry to “exhaust” Ukraine’s air defenses.
Source: TSF
