Russia strikes Ukraine with 132 drones overnight: Air defense's work reported
Photo: Ukrainian air defense (Getty Images)
On the night of November 15, Russian troops launched 132 attack drones at Ukraine, including 78 Shahed jet drones. Air defense forces neutralized 106 Russian targets, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Drones were launched from Russian territory and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, Russian targets were moving from the Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions, as well as from the temporarily occupied parts of the Donetsk region and Crimea.
In total, the Russians deployed 132 attack drones, 78 of which were jet-powered.
Units from the aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems branches were involved in repelling the Russian air attack. Mobile fire groups from the Ukrainian Defense Forces were also deployed.
According to preliminary data, as of 8 a.m., Ukrainian air defense forces had destroyed or neutralized 106 Russian drones. Among them were 61 Shahed jet-powered drones.
At the same time, the Russian air attack was still ongoing at that moment: several attack drones remained in the air, and air defense forces continued their combat operations.
The Ukrainian military also recorded Russian airstrikes hitting 20 locations.
On the evening of November 14, Russian troops launched a massive airstrike on Zaporizhzhia, dropping at least 8 guided bombs on the city. Five people were injured in the Russian attack, including an 80-year-old woman.
On the same day, a Russian drone attacked a critical infrastructure facility in Meni, Chernihiv region. Two residents, aged 42 and 45, were killed, and another man, aged 33, was wounded.
