Missile-drone attack on Ukraine: how many targets were shot down by the air defense

During the night attack on Ukraine, Russian forces launched three "Iskander-M" missiles and five drones. The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces managed to shoot down all the enemy drones across five regions.

This was reported by Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force.

On the night of August 16, the Russian occupiers struck Ukraine with three "Iskander-M" ballistic missiles, three "Shahed" attack drones and two unidentified drones from Kursk region.

"As a result of anti-aircraft combat by the mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces and the EW means of the Air Force, all enemy UAVs were shot down in Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions," Oleschuk said.

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