Air Force units shot down 18 attack UAVs with which the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
"As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, all enemy drones were eliminated in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and Ternopil regions: 18 were shot down by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups and reconnaissance units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, another attack UAV returned to Russia," the Telegram channel says.
The command noted that on the night of October 8 (from 19:00 of October 7 to 08:30 of October 8), the enemy also struck Odesa region with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea, as well as 19 attack UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
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