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Russia attacks with 4 missiles and 29 UAVs: Ukraine's air defence manage to down 24 drones

Saturday, 3 August 2024, 07:20
Russia attacks with 4 missiles and 29 UAVs: Ukraine's air defence manage to down 24 drones
An air defence system. Stock photo: Getty Images

Ukraine’s air defence downed 24 of 29 Russian drones launched on the night of 2-3 August.

Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram

Details: The Russians launched two S-300 missiles from the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast and two Kh-31P missiles from the airspace over the Black Sea. 

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The Russians also launched 29 Shahed attack UAVs from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea, as well as Russia’s cities of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk.

The air attack was repelled by mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s defence forces and anti-aircraft missile units, as well as electronic warfare units of the Air Force.

Quote: "As a result of the combat efforts, 24 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs were downed within Kherson, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr oblasts."

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