Ukrainian Navy soldiers down Shahed over Kyiv Reservoir with shot from artillery boat

Ukrainian Navy soldiers down Shahed over Kyiv Reservoir with shot from artillery boat

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On the night of May 28, the crew of a Ukrainian artillery boat destroyed an enemy drone Shahed 136 over the Kyiv Reservoir.

The Ukrainian Navy reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"Today, on May 28, during a missile threat, an artillery boat of the river flotilla of the Naval Forces spotted a UAV in the water area of the Kyiv Reservoir. Due to the determined and confident actions of the personnel of the artillery boat, a Shahed 136 was destroyed," the report reads.

In the early hours of May 28, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 54 Shahed-136/131 drones from the north and south. Ukraine's defense forces shot down 52 of them.

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