Air defense destroys 26 strike drones during night – Air Force

09:53, 28.03.2024 1 min read

During the night, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 26 enemy Shahed drones with which the Russian Federation attacked the regions of Ukraine, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.

"Some 26 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type were destroyed within Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions," the statement said.

It is noted that on the night of March 28, the enemy also launched a missile and air strike on Ukraine using three X-22 cruise missiles and an X-31P anti-radar missile (from the Black Sea), an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile (Donetsk region) and 28 drones of the Shahed-136/131 type (launch area Kursk region - Russian Federation, and Cape Chauda - Crimea).

Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in repelling the attack, the air command added.