Air Force shoots down eight Shahed kamikaze drones

MONDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2022, 22:57 

Air Command Tsentr (Centre) shot down eight Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones approximately at 21:00. 

Source: The press service of the Air Force 

Quote: "Six of those flying munitions were shot down by fighter aircraft, air defence units, and mobile fire groups of MANPADS. 

Another two Shahed-136 [drones] were shot down by anti-aircraft gunners of the Ground Forces."

Details: In addition, at about 15:00, air defence forces shot down two Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the Black Sea.

Previously: Air defence units shot down a Russian UAV in Kyiv Oblast on the evening of 17 October.

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