Downed Russian targets total 56 drones and 2 missiles: Ukraine's Air Force

The Russians have been attacking Ukraine since the evening of 19 November with 122 Shahed drones and UAVs of unspecified type, an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile and five Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles. Ukrainian air defence has managed to destroy 56 Russian drones and two missiles.

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram

Quote from the Air Force: "As of 11:00, two Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles and 56 enemy UAVs have been confirmed downed in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts."

Details: Another 58 drones disappeared from radar in different oblasts, and six drones left Ukrainian airspace – five returned to Russia and one flew to Belarus.

It is reported that the Russians attacked Kharkiv Oblast with S-300 missiles, and Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts with Kh-59/69 missiles.

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

Background: 

• On the evening of 19 November, Russian troops launched attack drones into the territory of Ukraine.
• Around 06:00 on 20 November, residents of the capital and Kyiv Oblast heard the sounds of air defence responding to the drones. At 07:55, explosions were heard in the capital for the second time that morning, and the authorities again reported air defence activity.

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