Air defense shot down 14 Russian Shahed drones out of 16 at night

Defense forces of Ukraine shot down 14 Shaheds. Photo from Pixebay

On the night of August 23, Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region. Also, 16 Shahed attack drones were launched from Yeisk and Kursk.

This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

«As a result of anti-aircraft combat by aircraft, electronic warfare units and calculations of mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 14 Shaheds were shot down. Two more were lost in location, information about the destruction was not received,» the message reads.

Anti-aircraft defense worked in Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Poltava and Sumy regions.

We will remind that in Mykolaiv Oblast, air defense forces destroyed ten UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type on the night of August 21.