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Russia's night attack: Ukraine's air defense destroys 19 UAVs
On the night of June 19, the invading Russian army launched 21 attack drones into the Ukrainian territory. Ukraine's air defense destroyed 19 of them
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This is reported by Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk.
The Russian forces launched 21 Shahed-131/136 UAVs from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea.
"The air attack was countered by fighter jets, anti-aircraft missile units, and electronic warfare units of the Air Force, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine," the report says.
Ukrainian forces destroyed 19 Shahed drones in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, and Lviv regions.
- On the evening of June 18, Russian forces deployed Shahed attack UAVs to target Ukraine.
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