Air Force reports on targets destroyed last night
Air defense forces destroyed nearly all Shahed drones attacking Ukraine (photo: Getty Images)
Last night, Russian forces launched 17 Shahed kamikaze drones and a guided aviation missile Kh-59 into Ukraine, according to the Commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykola Oleshchuk.
During the night of April 12, the enemy attacked with 17 Shahed-131/136 drones from Cape Chauda (Crimea) and a guided aviation missile Kh-59 from the airspace of the occupied Donetsk region.
"As a result of the air battle by the aircraft of the Air Forces and the mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 16 Shahed-type UAVs were shot down within the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, and Khmelnytskyi regions," the statement said.
Targets destroyed last night (photo: Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
Night air attack on April 12
On the night of Friday, April 12, Russian invaders traditionally launched several waves of Shahed kamikaze drones into Ukrainian territory. Air alarms were sounded in several regions.
Later, explosions were heard in the Khmelnytskyi region.
Near Kryvyi Rih, a fire broke out at an energy facility due to the fall of debris.
