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Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian missile and 42 kamikaze drones overnight

More than 40 enemy targets were detected in various regions of Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk.

Sep 19, 2024 10:21 86

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Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian missile and 42 attack drones last night, Reuters reported. and "Ukrinform", quoted by BTA.

According to the summary of the Air Force of Kyiv, the Ukrainian radar systems detected a total of 46 Russian targets in the sky over Ukraine. It is added that the attack was directed against the Kharkiv region, at which three S-300 and S-400 type missiles were launched from the neighboring Russian Belgorod region, an X-59/69 guided missile from the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region and 42 drones kamikaze "Shaheed".

The total number of downed missiles and drones is 42.

Air defense systems have been activated in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Rivne, Kirovohrad, Nikolaev and Kherson regions.