Ukraine’s air defenses shoot down 8 out of 10 enemy Shahed UAVs overnight

On the night of February 22, Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed eight Shahed-type attack drones launched by the Russians.

According to Ukrinform, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.

“On the night of February 22, 2024, the enemy attacked with ten Shahed-type strike UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region of the Russian Federation and an X-31P anti-radar missile from the Black Sea,” the report reads.

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Eight drones were destroyed in the Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions.

As reported by Ukrinform, on February 21, the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed a Su-34 fighter-bomber and 3 reconnaissance UAVs.

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