Fifty-nine enemy drones shot down in skies over Ukraine – Air Force

11:21, 21.10.2024 1 min read

Russian occupiers have launched at least 116 drones over Ukraine since 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, and as of 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 59 of them have been shot down, 45 have been lost, and 10 remain in Ukrainian airspace.

"Currently, there is confirmation of the downing of 59 enemy UAVs in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Poltava regions," the Telegram channel of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

At the same time, there are reports of "several UAV hits on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine." The number and locations of the hits are not specified.

The Russian occupiers also launched one Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile from occupied Crimea, and one Kh-35 guided air missile and one Kh-31P guided air missile from the airspace in the Black Sea.

"Combat work continues," the message says.