Ukraine downs Russian missile, 42 drones
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Ukrinform
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted a Russian missile and 42 kamikaze drones overnight Thursday.
That’s according to the Air Force command, Ukrinform reports.
On the night of September 19, 2024, Ukrainian radars detected a total of 46 air targets in Ukraine’s airspace, the report reads.
The invaders targeted Kharkiv region with three S-300/S-400 missiles launched from Belgorod region, a Kh-59/69 guided air missile from the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, as well as 42 Shahed-type attack UAVs (launch areas in Primorsk-Akhtarsk and Kursk).
A total of 42 attack drones and a guided missile were shot down.
Air defenses were activated in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions.
