Ukrainian air defenses down 15 of 16 Russian drones overnight

Ukrainian air defenses down 15 of 16 Russian drones overnight

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Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 15 out of 16 enemy UAVs overnight, with one drone veering off course.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

Beginning at 23:00 on Friday, December 27, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 16 Shahed strikes drone and unidentified UAVs launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

By 08:30 on Saturday, December 28, Ukraine's electronic warfare units and mobile fire teams had shot down 15 drones in the Mykolaiv region. One simulator drone disappeared from radar.

Read also: Drone attack on Mykolaiv: Fires extinguished, no casualties

A downed enemy drone damaged an enterprise and an apartment building in Mykolaiv, with no casualties reported.

Photo: 117th Mechanized Brigade

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