Ukraine’s Air Defense downs 11 out of 35 Russian drones overnight

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

"During the night of July 18 (starting at 21:30 on July 17), the enemy launched an attack using 35 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones from the areas of Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia. Twenty-nine of them were Shaheds," the report states.

The primary targets of the attack were the front-line areas in eastern Ukraine.

Air defense was carried out by anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare (EW) units, drone systems, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

As of 8:30 on July 18, preliminary data indicate that air defense forces shot down 11 enemy Shahed drones (and other drone types) in the north and east of the country.

In addition, six decoy drones were either lost from radar tracking or suppressed by EW systems.

There were confirmed impacts from 18 UAVs at five locations, and debris from downed drones was recorded at two locations.

According to earlier reports, in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Russian forces used four Shahed drones to attack a Nova Poshta facility, also damaging nearby residential buildings.

Photo: Ukrainian Air Force