Ukrainian air defenses shoot down 20 Shahed drones, Kh-59 missile overnight

Ukrainian air defenses shoot down 20 Shahed drones, Kh-59 missile overnight

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Russian troops attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-K cruise missile, a Kh-59 guided air missile and 20 Shahed UAVs on the night of December 16 to 17.

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

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According to the report, Ukraine's air defense forces intercepted all enemy drones and the Kh-59 missile, whereas the Iskander-K missile did not reach its target.

The air targets were destroyed in the Odesa, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi regions.

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