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Air defense forces shot down 185 drones, 32 missiles used by Russia to attack Ukraine

Kate Kikot
19 July, 2025 Saturday
12:46

On the night of July 19, the Russian occupation army used 379 air attack assets against Ukraine. Ukrainian air defenders shot down 185 drones and 32 missiles

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 The Ukrainian Air Force reports.

What Russia used in the attack:

  • 344 strike UAVs, including Shahed drones and various decoy drones. Launches came from Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (approx. 200 Shaheds).
  • 12 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles launched from Voronezh, Kursk, and Rostov regions of Russia, as well as from Crimea.
  • 8 Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from the Millerovo area, Russia.
  • 15 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Russian airspace over Saratov region.

Ukrainian air defense forces — including fighter jets, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare teams, drone systems, and mobile fire groups — repelled the assault.

Preliminary results as of 10:00 AM:

Ukraine's air defense forces successfully shot down 208 enemy air threats, including:

  • 185 Shahed drones
  • 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles
  • 7 Iskander-K cruise missiles
  • 9 Kh-101 cruise missiles

In addition, the Air Force noted that 7 cruise missiles and 129 decoy drones failed to reach their targets — they were either jammed or lost.

Confirmed impacts include 5 missile strikes and 30 drone hits across 12 locations, with debris from intercepted assets falling in 7 additional areas.

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