Air defence forces shot down 24 UAVs, another 25 crashed on their own

Air defence forces shot down 24 UAVs, another 25 crashed on their own

The Air Force reported that 24 Shahed-131/136 attack drones were shot down over Ukraine on the night of August 31, 25 of which crashed on their own. Two drones headed towards Russia, and another one – towards the Republic of Belarus.

The Air Force reports this.

It is known that the enemy launched an attack with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Voronezh region, four S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles from occupied Donetsk region and 52 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.

Air defense was in effect in the Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Sumy regions.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy’s air attack.