Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed all of the 17 Shahed-131/136 drones that Russia used to attack Ukraine overnight.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports.
On the night of April 6-7, the Russians struck Ukraine with a Kh-31 guided aerial missile launched from the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region, an Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from temporarily occupied Crimea, and 17 Shahed-131/136 UAVs launched from Cape Chauda, Crimea.
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Ukraine's defense forces shot down 17 Shahed attack drones in the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions.
