Air defense downs 27 out of 71 Russian drones overnight
The Ukrainian Air Force Command announced this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.
On the night of July 22-23 (starting from 20:00 on July 22), the enemy launched 71 Shahed strike drones and various types of decoy drones from Kursk, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Cherkasy regions were targeted in the attack.
As of 09:00, preliminary data indicates that 27 enemy drones were shot down or jammed by air defense systems in the northern, eastern, and central parts of the country.
An additional 18 drones were lost from radar or suppressed by electronic warfare systems.
The Air Force recorded 26 confirmed drone impacts across 14 locations, and debris from downed drones fell in five locations.
Photo: Ukrainian Air Force
