Air defense forces destroy nine out of 14 Shahed UAVs, three X-59 missiles
Air defense forces destroyed nine out of 14 Shahed UAVs and three Kh-59 aircraft missiles that Russia attacked on Monday night, the AFU Air Force press service said.
"As a result of combat work, the air defense destroyed three X-59 guided aircraft missiles and nine suicide bombers within Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions," according to the statement.
It is noted that on the night of February 26, the occupiers attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile (Crimea), two S-300 missiles (Belgorod region), three Kh-59 guided aircraft missiles, an anti-radar Kh-31P (Zaporizhia region) and 14 attack drones of the Shahed type (Kursk region).
"Anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare systems of the Ukrainian defense forces have been involved in repelling the air attack," the department said.
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