Ukraine's air defenses down 24 Russian Shahed drones overnight

Ukraine's air defenses down 24 Russian Shahed drones overnight

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Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down 24 Russian Shahed-type drones overnight, September 27.

According to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Air Force reported this on Telegram.

During the night, the Russian forces launched a ballistic Iskander-M/KN-23 missile from temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as two Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers over the Black Sea.

In addition, the invaders launched 32 Shahed attack drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area.

Ukraine’s air defenses, including anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare units, were activated to counter the attack.

As a result, 24 Shahed drones were shot down. One drone entered Romanian airspace, while another was lost due to electronic warfare countermeasures by the Ukrainian defense forces.

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Air defense operations were active in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, early on September 27, a Russian drone attack in Odesa region killed three people and injured 11 others.

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