Ukrainian forces shoot down 14 out of 20 Shaheds overnight

Ukrainian forces shoot down 14 out of 20 Shaheds overnight

photo
Ukrinform
Ukrainian defenders shot down 14 out of 20 Shahed one-way attack drones launched by Russian aggressors last night.

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

"Overnight into January 31, 2024, the enemy attacked [Ukraine] with 20 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk (Russia), Chauda and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from Crimea and Russia's Voronezh region," the post said.

Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed 14 enemy targets in the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Kharkiv regions, the Air Force said.

Read also: Ukrainian cyberattack takes down Russian Defense Ministry's special communications server

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-