33 drones shot down over Ukraine. Child injured in Russian attack
Overnight, Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles into Ukraine, and also attacked with 50 Shahed kamikaze drones and decoy UAVs of various types. The air defense managed to shoot down 33 enemy UAVs, reported the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The missiles were launched from Rostov Oblast, while the drones flew from five directions: Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 9:00 AM, it was confirmed that 33 Shaheds and other types of drones were shot down in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts.
Enemy strike drones have been recorded hitting enterprises in Odesa Oblast. According to regional governor Oleh Kiper, the Russians targeted the port infrastructure. The attack caused damage to the facades of buildings and a residential building.
Also, as a result of the fall of downed enemy UAVs, buildings of institutions, private enterprises, and households in the Kharkiv, Cherkasy, and Kyiv oblasts were damaged.
According to the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration, a child was injured in the attack. A boy has a suspected concussion and a laceration to his thigh. He was hospitalized.
In addition, nine enemy drone simulators were lost from radars (without negative consequences), and another UAV left Ukrainian airspace in the direction of Romania.
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