In the early hours of Tuesday, August 13, Ukraine’s Defense Forces intercepted 30 of the 38 Shahed-type kamikaze drones launched by Russia.
That’s according to Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukraine’s Air Force Commander, Ukrinform reports.
The Russians attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, launched from Voronezh region, and 38 Shahed-type UAVs from Primorsk-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions.
Read also: First Lithuanian drones to be delivered to Ukraine in Sept – defense ministryAs a result of the air defense effort, mobile fire groups, aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, and e-warfare operators intercepted 30 enemy UAVs over Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, an air raid alert went off in a number of regions of Ukraine overnight Tuesday as Russian drones were spotted in the Ukrainian airspace.
