Defense forces shot down 24 Shaheds out of 29 during night Russian attack
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Defense forces shot down 24 Shahed-131/136 combat drones during a nighttime Russian attack involving drones and missiles across 9 regions, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.
In the early hours of August 3, the enemy launched an attack using two S-300 surface-to-air guided missiles from the occupied territories of Donetsk, two Kh-31P anti-radiation missiles from airspace over the Black Sea, and 29 Shahed combat drones from various directions: Cape Chauda in Crimea, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Kursk in Russia.
The air assault was countered by mobile fire units of Ukraine's Defense Forces, anti-aircraft missile troops, and electronic warfare units of the Air Force.
As a result of the air defense battle, 24 Shahed-131/136 combat drones were shot down over the Kherson, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr regions.
It should be noted that in the early hours of August 3, an air raid alert was announced across most regions of Ukraine due to the Russian attack involving combat drones and missiles.
Explosions were heard in Poltava, Odesa, and Vinnytsia regions. In Odesa, according to local authorities, air defense systems were activated. In Vinnytsia region, an infrastructure facility was hit.
