“5 missiles and 11 out of 16 “Shaheds” were destroyed over Ukraine at night, 5 drones were lost as a result of anti-aircraft fire. On the night of September 21, the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled a massive attack by the Russian Federation, destroying 5 Kh-59/69 guided missiles and 11 “Shahed” drones. Another 5 drones were lost as a result of EW.”, — write on: unn.ua
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On the night of September 21, as indicated, the radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected and escorted 25 means of air attack of the enemy. The occupiers hit Dnipropetrovsk region with four “Iskander-M” https://unn.ua/KN-23 ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea and the Rostov region. and five Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from the airspace of TOT of the Zaporizhia region. Also, the enemy launched 16 attack UAVs of the “Shahed” type from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk – Russian Federation.
The air attack of the enemy was repulsed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, mobile fire groups and units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 5 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 11 attack UAVs were shot down. Five more unmanned aerial vehicles were lost in location as a result of countermeasures by EW
Anti-aircraft defense, as indicated, worked in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.