Ukrainian air defenses shoot down 27 Shahed drones in southern regions overnight

Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 27 out of 36 Russian Shahed one-way attack UAVs in the southern regions on the night of October 9 to 10.

The Ukrainian Air Force said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

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Russian troops launched the drones from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Ukrainian forces destroyed 27 Shahed-131/136 in the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.