Ukrainian defence forces shoot down 51 Russian drones

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 87 Shahed attack UAVs and UAVs of unspecified type on the night of 18-19 November. A total of 51 drones were destroyed, 30 more have disappeared from radar and the hunt for one drone continues.

Source: Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram 

Quote: "As of 09:00, 51 enemy UAVs were confirmed to have been shot down in Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts.

As a result of active countermeasures, 30 enemy UAVs have disappeared from radar in different oblasts. One UAV is in the airspace of Ukraine and air defence operations are ongoing!"

Details: The report says that the Russians launched the drones from the areas of the Russian cities of Kursk and Oryol, as well as from the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea.

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

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