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Ukrainian air defense thwarts Russian drone attack

31.01.2024 13:15
Ukraine's air defense successfully intercepted 14 of 20 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones launched by Russian forces overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force announced on Wednesday morning.
The remains of a Russian drone.
The remains of a Russian drone. Photo: PAP/Titov Yehven/ABACA

The drone attack was accompanied by three Iskander-type missiles launched by Russian forces, resulting in four people being wounded and damage to several non-residential buildings.

Russian forces targeted facilities across five regions in Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The drones were launched from the Primorsky-Akhtar region on the Sea of Azov in Russia and the Kursk region, which shares its eastern border with Ukraine.

Simultaneously, Russian forces employed ballistic missiles in their offensive, firing them from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea and the Voronezh region in Russia.

The Ukrainian Air Force did not report any damage caused by the missiles.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

Wednesday is day 707 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Source: PAP, IAR, Ukrinform