Ukrainian air defense destroys 18 drones and Kh-59 missile at night

This was reported by Ukraine's Air Force.

On the night of December 1, Russia attacked Ukraine with Shahed-type strike UAVs from two directions: Cape Chauda, occupied Crimea, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia. The occupying Russian forces also launched a guided missile attack from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region.

In total, Russia launched 2 Kh-59 missiles and 25 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs.

Southern and eastern parts of Ukraine were the primary targets. Air defense was operating in Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

As a result of combat operations, 18 attack UAVs and one Kh-59 guided missile were destroyed.

In addition, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Lysak, said that Russian troops had fired a missile at Kryvyi Rih at night. 

"The consequences of the attack are being clarified. However, it is known that there were no casualties," he added.

• On the morning of December 1, the Russian army attacked the village of Kivsharivka, Kupyansk district, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.