During the night, air defense forces destroyed five out of five attack drones that attacked Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Monday morning.

"On the night of December 18, 2023, Russian occupiers attacked with five attack UAVs of the Shahed type from Primorsko-Akhtarsk region, Russia," the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on the Telegram channel.

It is noted that as a result of combat work, all Shahed drones have been shot down.

Air targets were shot down by mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine within Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky regions.