Ukrainian forces shoot down nine Russian drones, 31 UAVs vanish from radar

Ukrainian forces shoot down nine Russian drones, 31 UAVs vanish from radar

photo
Ukrinform
Ukrainian forces shot down nine Russian drones overnight, while 31 enemy decoy UAVs disappeared from radar without causing damage.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

From 19:00 on Monday, April 7, Russian forces fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Kursk area, along with 46 Shahed strike UAVs and various decoy drones launched from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area.

The air assault was countered by mobile fire units and electronic warfare teams of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Read also: Russia's modernized ballistic missiles now harder to intercept – Ihnat

As of 08:00 Tuesday, April 8, the confirmed downing of nine drones was reported in the eastern and northern regions of Ukraine. An additional 31 decoy drones vanished from radar without causing any negative consequences.

Damage from the Russian attack was recorded in the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions.

Photo credit: Ukrainian Air Force

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421.

© 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-