On the night of August 29, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 60 of 74 drones and two of five missiles that attacked Ukraine, the press service of the Air Force reported on Thursday.

"On the night of August 29, 2024, the enemy attacked Ukraine with three guided aircraft missiles Kh-59/69 from the airspace of the Kursk and Belgorod regions, Russia, as well as with two missiles from the same direction, the type of which is currently being established, and 74 Shahed-131/136 kamikaze drones from the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk," it said on the Telegram.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the air attack.

"As a result of the air defense battle, two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 60 Shahed-131/136 drones were shot down. Another 14 attack drones were locally lost (fell down) on the territory of Ukraine," it said.

The air defense operated within Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy, and Donetsk regions.