Ukraine's air defenses shoot down 21 Shaheds overnight, one drone returns to Russia

The Ukrainian Air Force Command announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"On the night of October 9, 2024, the enemy attacked the Poltava region with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles fired from Russia's Kursk region, as well as 22 strike UAVs launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia, and Cape Chauda, Crimea," the post reads.

Ukrainian aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, EW units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces were involved in repelling the attack.

Twenty-one enemy UAVs were shot down in the Odesa, Vinnytsia and Kyiv regions. Another attack drone returned to Russia.