Anti-aircraft systems destroy 29 of the 46 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine

Anti-aircraft systems destroy 29 of the 46 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine

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Anti-aircraft systems destroyed 29 of the 46 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine since the evening of August 4.

According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.

Starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 4, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 46 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of decoy drones from the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Bryansk Region.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 5, anti-aircraft systems shot down/suppressed 29 enemy Shahed-type UAVs and various types of drone imitations in Northern and Eastern Ukraine.

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Seventeen UAVs were recorded in the eastern direction, as well as a ballistic missile and the fall of downed targets (debris) in three locations in the southern and northeastern directions.

As reported by Ukrinform, two people were injured as a result of an attack by Russian drones on a village in the Zaporizhzhia Region.

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