On Friday night, the defense forces eliminated 24 of 38 Shahed attack drones and one X-59 missile, which Russian occupation forces were using to attack critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.

"As a result of combat work by the forces and means of the Air Force, in cooperation with the air defense of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, 24 attack Shahed-136/131 UAVs and one guided aircraft missile were destroyed," the message says.

It is reported that the Shaheds were launched in waves and sent in different directions in small groups. Thus, the launch area of part of the Shaheds was Kursk region of Russia, the rest of the enemy attack UAVs were launched from the south-eastern direction - Primorsko-Akhtarsky region of Russia. In addition, the enemy used an X-59 guided missile from the airspace of occupied Kherson region.

The Air Force said that during the night attack, an air raid alert was announced in most regions of Ukraine. Attack UAVs were destroyed along the route by tactical aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Air Force in cooperation with the air defense of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.