Ukrainian air defence downs 5 Shahed drones in Lviv Oblast – photo

Ukrainian air defence downed all five Russian Shahed drones in Lviv Oblast on the night of 18-19 June.

Source: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration, with reference to the Air Command Zakhid (West) 

Aftermath of a Russian Shahed drone attack on Malekhiv. 

Photo: Suspilne Lviv

Quote: "Air defence units destroyed all five Shahed drones that attacked Lviv Oblast last night.

The Air Command Zakhid (West) reported at 05:55 that during the first nighttime air raid, which lasted from 02:32 to 03:35 on 19 June, four enemy drones entered the airspace of Lviv Oblast.

During the second air raid, which lasted from 04:27 to 05:24, another Shahed drone tried to attack our oblast.

All of them were shot down by our air defence units."

Background:

• The Russian Shahed drones reached Ukraine’s western oblast on the night of 18-19 June.
• Ukrainian air defence was responding in Lviv Oblast. Later, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi reported that there was a strike in Malekhiv and a security guard, 70, was injured. At the same time, Kozytskyi reported that a man, 47, was wounded.
• Subsequently, air defence was responding near Lviv for the second time that night because of a Russian drone, and a second explosion occurred in Malekhiv.

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