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Russians attack Ukraine with 63 drones and 2 missiles: 38 drones downed

Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 07:51
Russians attack Ukraine with 63 drones and 2 missiles: 38 drones downed
Mobile fire group. Stock photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

On the night of 5-6 November, Russia launched 63 Shahed attack drones and other unidentified drones in Ukraine and targeted Odesa Oblast with an Kh-59 air-to-surface missile and an Kh-31P anti-radar missile. Ukrainian forces managed to down 38 Russian drones, 20 disappeared from radar and 2 are still in the air.

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram

Quote: "As of 07:30, 38 enemy UAVs have been confirmed destroyed in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. 

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Twenty enemy drones disappeared from radar in various Ukrainian oblasts, with two still in Ukrainian airspace. Combat efforts are ongoing!"

Details: The missiles were reportedly launched from the Black Sea, while drones were launched from Russia’s Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Orel, as well as from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.

Anti-aircraft missile forces, aircraft, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Ukraine’s defence forces were involved in repelling the attack.

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