Three enemy reconnaissance drones downed in southern Ukraine

Three Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance drones have been destroyed in southern Ukraine.

The relevant statement was made by the South Air Command on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“On October 1, 2023, the South Air Command’s air defense forces and systems destroyed three Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles, namely two in the Mykolaiv region and one in the Kherson region,” the report states.

A reminder that, on the night of October 1, 2023, Ukraine’s air defense units intercepted 16 enemy Shahed-131/136 suicide drones.

Photo: South Air Command