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    8 September, 2024

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Air defense forces shot down 5 air targets in the sky over Ukraine at night

On the night of July 27, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed all the targets launched by Russia: the X-59/X-69 guided air missile and four Shaheds.

This was reported in the Air Force.

All targets were shot down in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions.

The results of the work of the Air Defense Forces. Photo: Air Force The results of the work of the Air Defense Forces. Photo: Air Force

In addition, during the past and the current day, air defense destroyed eight more aerial targets in the southern and northeastern directions: 4 Supercam reconnaissance UAVs, 1 Forpost strike-reconnaissance UAV, 1 UAV (type to be determined), 2 Lancet barrage munitions.

We will remind, on the night of July 26, Russia struck the Donetsk region with an «Iskander-M» ballistic missile launched from the Rostov region. In addition, Shahed were launched from Kursk and occupied Crimea. Drones struck energy facilities in Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. This led to power outages for household and industrial consumers in some areas of Zhytomyr region.

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