20 enemy Shahed drones were shot down over Ukraine

Air defense forces destroyed 20 Russian UAVs, photo for illustration

On the night of May 17, the air defense forces shot down all 20 attack UAVs that the Russians were using to attack Ukraine.

This was announced by the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Mykola Oleschuk.

It is noted that the Russians released 20 Shahed drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk districts in Russia.

As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, the air defense forces destroyed all 20 drones within Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.

Fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces and electronic warfare units were involved in repelling the air attack.

We will remind that the Russian occupiers once again attacked the Mykolaiv region.