“61 “Shahed” and an Kh-59 missile were shot down over Ukraine during a night attack by the Russian Federation On the night of September 20, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with missiles and 70 “Shahed” drones. Defense forces shot down 61 UAVs and an Kh-59 missile, air defense operated in 13 regions.”, — write on: unn.ua
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On the night of September 20, as indicated, the Russian occupiers attacked Donetsk region with three missiles of an unknown type, Dnipropetrovsk region with an Kh-59 guided air missile from the airspace of the TOT of the Zaporizhia region, as well as 70 Shahed-type strike UAVs (launch areas: Primorsko- Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeisk – Russian Federation).
Air force, anti-aircraft missile forces, mobile fire groups and units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy’s air attack.
As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 61 attack UAVs and one Kh-59 guided air missile were shot down. As a result of active countermeasures by the Defense Forces, nine enemy drones were lost in location in several regions of Ukraine (information about casualties or destruction was not received)
Air defense, as noted, worked in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Kherson regions.
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