Russia attacks Ukraine with drones at night: air defense shoot them all down
On the night of Tuesday, May 23, air raid alerts were triggered in several regions of Ukraine, and explosions were heard in the Mykolaiv region. Russian troops launched up to 4 Iranian-made Shahed drones, which were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the information.
According to preliminary information, last night Russian forces launched up to 4 Shahed drones, all of which were shot down.
According to the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Air Defense Command Vitaliy Kim, in the Mykolaiv region, the air defense forces of the South Air Command destroyed 2 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs.
At night, monitoring chats warned of the threat of a UAV attack, air defense operated.
As of 01:14 a.m., air alert was declared in Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipro, and Kirovohrad regions.
Later, the air alert began to spread to the central and western regions of Ukraine.
At 02:04 a.m., the air raid alert was canceled in some regions, and around 04:30 a.m., it was canceled in other regions.
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