Ukrainian air defenses shot down 19 of 21 Shahed UAVs launched by enemy overnight

Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, on the night of June 19, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 21 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs from the directions of Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia) and Cape Chauda (Crimea).

The attack was repelled by fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units and EW units of the Air Force, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Ukraine's air defenders shot down 19 enemy attack UAVs of the Shahed type in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi and Lviv regions.

As Ukrinform reported, 113 combat engagements occurred on the front lines over the past day. The situation remains hottest in the Pokrovsk sector.