air defense

In the early hours of June 4, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using 95 Shahed strike drones and various decoy UAVs. Ukraine's air defense systems successfully neutralized 61 of these targets, as reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainian air defenses destroyed all nine Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles and 288 of 355 Shahed and other drones launched overnight into May 26, with impacts reported in five locations, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.

Ukraine’s Air Force downed 55 of 108 Russian Shahed drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles during a nighttime attack into Monday, with 30 drones lost to radar, impacting Odesa, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, and Zhytomyr oblasts, the Air Force reported.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down 20 of 31 Russian drones launched against Ukraine overnight, though an attack damaged infrastructure in Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, the Air Force reported.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down 54 of 136 Russian Shahed and other drones launched overnight into Tuesday, with 70 more lost to radar, affecting Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.