Night attacks on Ukraine: air defense forces destroy 18 drones, 8 ballistic missiles

The Ukrainian Air Force Command reported the information.

"On the night of December 11, 2023, the invaders attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones from the occupied Crimea, launch areas were Chauda and Belbek," the statement said.

In total, 18 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs were launched.

All drones were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense in the area of responsibility of the South Air Command, most of them in the Mykolaiv region.

The anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully targeted the drones.

In particular, at about 4 a.m. on December 11, 2023, the Russian troops launched 8 ballistic missiles at the Kyiv region. The strike was launched from the north, from Russia’s Bryansk region, according to preliminary information.

All 8 targets were destroyed by anti-aircraft missile units of the Center Air Command.

• On Monday, December 11, at about 04:13 a.m., explosions were heard in Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that two people were injured and a fire broke out as a result of the missile debris falling in Kyiv.