Russia attacked Ukraine with "Shahed" drones and unidentified UAVs: how many targets were shot down

On the night of October 18, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using "Shahed" drones and unspecified UAVs. Air defense forces shot down 80 enemy drones.

This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy targeted Ukraine with "Shahed" type attack drones and drones of an unknown type (launch areas: Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk).

As of the morning, radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected and tracked 135 enemy drones.

The air assault is being countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force, and Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

So far, 80 drones have been shot down in Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Volyn, and Vinnytsia regions.

Additionally, 44 enemy drones were lost in specific locations, two flew to Belarus, and up to 10 drones remain in the airspace over central regions of Ukraine.

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