Air Defense shoots down 80 out of 135 UAVs attacking Ukraine – Air Force

09:24, 18.10.2024 1 min read

On the night of October 18 (from 20:00 on October 17), the enemy attacks Ukraine with attack UAVs of the Shahed type and drones of an unspecified type (launch areas: Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation), radio-technical troops detected and tracked 135 enemy drones, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported as of 08:30 on Friday.

"As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 80 enemy UAVs were shot down in Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Volyn, and Vinnytsia regions," the message says.

In addition, 44 Russian drones were lost locally, two flew to Belarus, and up to 10 enemy UAVs were lost in the airspace of the central regions of Ukraine.

The air attack is being repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

"Combat work continues! Information is being updated," the Air Force warned.