Over the course of two days, the Ukrainian air defense squadron downed nine of the 11 Shahed-136 drones launched by the enemy military, the commander of Ukraine's armed forces, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, wrote on Facebook on Tuesday evening.
“This is the result of the high-quality training of our air defense gunners, carried out by our Polish brothers,” he added.
“It was Poland that handed over the kits from which - using Soviet missiles - the Ukrainians shot down Iranian drones launched by the Russians. These are the realities of today's war. Thank you, Polish brothers!,” Zaluzhny wrote.
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Iran in August sold Russia some 1,000 of its Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, according to reports at the time.
In September, in response to the drone deal, the Ukrainian foreign ministry revoked the accreditation of the Iranian ambassador and ordered a significant reduction in the number of diplomatic staff at the Iranian embassy in Kyiv.
On Monday, Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and Shahed-136 drones.
On Tuesday, the Russian army used drones to attack a thermal power plant in the Vinnytsia region in central Ukraine.
Wednesday is day 231 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, belsat.eu