Shahed drones headed for Odesa: which regions were saved by air defense last night

The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down 17 Shahed drones and 8 reconnaissance drones over Ukraine during the night of July 24. The Russian occupiers struck Kharkiv region with an "Iskander-M" ballistic missile and a missile of an unidentified type (from Russia's Belgorod region). The enemy also attacked the southern part of the country with Shahed UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia and the occupied Crimea.

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

In total, the radio-technical troops detected and tracked 23 enemy strike UAVs. The air raid was countered by units of mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, anti-aircraft missile units, and electronic warfare units of the Air Force. As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 17 enemy UAVs were shot down, most of them in Odesa region.

Over the past day and today, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed at least 8 enemy reconnaissance drones in various directions: 4 "Zala", 2 "Supercam" and 2 "Orlan-10".

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