Ukraine’s air defense units destroy 17 enemy drones

Ukraine’s air defense units destroy 17 enemy drones

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On the night of September 20, 2023, Russia attacked Ukraine’s territory with 24 Shahed-type loitering munitions. Seventeen of them were destroyed by Ukrainian defenders.

The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Last night the occupiers attacked Ukraine with 24 Shahed-136/131 suicide drones. Seventeen of them were destroyed by Ukraine’s air defense units,” the report states.

Further details of Russia’s terrorist attack are yet to be reported.

A reminder that, on the night of September 20, 2023, two waves of enemy drones crossed Ukraine’s airspace from the east.

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