“Over Ukraine, 53 out of 56 “Shaheed” were shot down at night, three more were lost. 53 out of 56 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type were shot down over various regions of Ukraine.”, — write on: unn.ua
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On the night of September 16, as reported, the enemy attacked with attack UAVs of the “Shahed-131/136” type.
“From 20.00 on 15.09 to 06.00 on 16.09, the radio engineering troops of the Air Force detected and escorted 56 strike BplA (launches from Kursk and Yeisk – Russian Federation). The main direction of the attack is Kyiv region,” the message reads.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 53 enemy attack UAVs were shot down in the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Sumy, Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions. Three more enemy drones were lost in location in several regions, previously without casualties or consequences
The air attack was repulsed, as indicated, by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
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