Russia strikes Ukraine with 72 drones and missiles overnight: Air defense's work reported
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On the night of August 21, the Russian occupiers carried out a massive air strike against Ukraine, using various types of weapons, according to Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia launched 2 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles were launched from the territory of the Voronezh region of Russia, and a Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missile was launched from the airspace of the Kursk region. Additionally, 69 Shaheds strike aircraft were sent from the areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Yeysk, and Kursk.
In total, the Ukrainian Air Force detected and tracked 72 Russian air targets. The air attack was repelled by the aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
As a result of the air battle, 51 Russian air targets were shot down: one Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missile and 50 Shahed drones in different regions. In particular, in Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
In addition, 16 Russian drones were lost due to electronic countermeasures.
In addition, the Ukrainian military spotted a Russian drone crossing the state border with the Republic of Belarus in the Chernihiv region. One of the Russian drones returned to the Belgorod region.
As of 11:15 a.m., a Russian drone is still in the airspace over the Cherkasy region, and hostilities continue.
Russian night shelling of Ukraine
On the evening of Tuesday, August 20, an air alert was declared in Kyiv and many regions due to the threat of Russian ballistic attacks. Later, Russians launched attack drones towards Ukraine.
