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Ukraine's air defense takes down 5 Russian drones in Southern direction

Ukraine's air defense takes down 5 Russian drones in Southern direction Ukraine's air defense takes down 5 Russian drones in Southern direction (Getty Images)

Today the Ukrainian Air Forces downed five enemy reconnaissance drones in the Southern direction, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"The air defense forces of the air command South destroyed 5 Russian reconnaissance UAVs," the statement said.

  • Merlin-VR - three units
  • Orlan-10 - two units.

Four drones were shot down in the Kherson region, and one was destroyed in the Mykolaiv region.

The Air Force released a video, showing the downing of a Russian Orlan-10 drone.

Ukrainian forces destroy Russian drones

The Ukrainian military daily the airspace against enemy drones and UAVs. Recently, they shot down an enemy drone in the Dnipropetrovsk region, an Orlan-10. Ukrainian border guards also successfully intercepted another enemy target in the Kharkiv region, where a Russian drone was landed by the State Border Guard Service.