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Ukraine's air defence downs 31 out of 34 drones launched overnight

Saturday, 23 March 2024, 08:17
Ukraine's air defence downs 31 out of 34 drones launched overnight
Photo: Ukraine's Air Force

Ukrainian air defence forces destroyed 31 Russian Shahed drones on the night of 22-23 March.

Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram

Details: Oleshchuk reported that the Russians had attacked Donetsk Oblast with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. Russia also used 34 Shahed attack UAVs.

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The drones were launched from Russia's Kursk Oblast and Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Quote: "As a result of an anti-aircraft battle, mobile firing groups of the Defence Forces and Air Force anti-aircraft missile units and aircraft destroyed 31 Shahed drones within Poltava, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts."

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