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Ukraine's air defense forces down three Shahed drones overnight

Ukraine's air defense forces down three Shahed drones overnight Shahed kamikaze drone (Getty Images)

Three Shahed kamikaze drones were downed by the Ukrainian air defense forces simultaneously in three regions during the night of Wednesday, July 5th, as the East Air Command reports.

"As of 01:30 on July 5th, the units of the East Air Command destroyed three Shahed-136 UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles): one each in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions," the statement reads.

Russian army launched drone attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region during the night and morning of July 5th. In this region, one Shahed-136 UAV was shot down. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, the Armed Forces have eliminated 670 invaders and 12 enemy UAVs over the past day.