On the night of 16 September 2024, Russian troops carried out another massive attack on the territory of Ukraine using Shahed-131/136 attack drones. This is stated in the message of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports Komersant ukrainskyi
During a nine-hour period, from 20:00 on 15 September to 06:00 on 16 September, the radio engineering troops of the Ukrainian Air Force detected and tracked 56 enemy drones launched from Kursk and Yeysk in Russia. The main focus of the attack was on Kyiv region.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces were involved in repelling the air attack. As a result of successful air defence actions, 53 attack drones were destroyed in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Dnipro regions.
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The Air Force Command also reports the loss of three more enemy drones, which were shot down in several regions of Ukraine. It is preliminarily stated that there were no casualties or significant damage as a result of their actions.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is gaining an advantage over Russia in the drone war.