Russians strike Ukraine with drones and missiles overnight: Downed targets revealed
Russians fired at Ukraine with drones and S-300 missiles at night (Getty Images)
Russian troops attacked Ukraine yesterday evening and overnight using 20 attack drones and two S-300 missiles. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 19 kamikaze drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
"On the night of January 17, 2024, the enemy struck with 20 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region of the Russian Federation and two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belogorodsk region of the Russian Federation in the direction of Kharkiv," the Ukrainian Air Force says in a statement.
It is also reported that the Air Force in cooperation with the air defense of the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 19 Shaheds.
Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the air attack. Air defense was operating in Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipro, and Kirovohrad regions.
The enemy attacked with drones and S-300 missiles at night: the Ukrainian Air Force reported on downed targets.
Russian night attack on Ukraine on January 17
Last night, on January 17, Russian troops launched several groups of Shahed-type attack drones from the south into Ukraine.
Following a warning of a drone attack, several loud explosions were heard in Odesa. Later it became known that the Russian occupiers had struck the city with kamikaze drones. The State Emergency Service showed photos and videos of the aftermath of the enemy attack. The fire reportedly engulfed a high-rise building and several cars.
Also yesterday evening, January 16, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv. Seventeen people were injured and 19 residential buildings were damaged.
