Russians launch 33 Shahed drones on Ukraine, 22 downed

The Russians attacked Ukraine overnight on 17-18 January using 33 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs, with Ukrainian air defence managing to destroy 22 of these Russian targets. Source: Ukrainian Air Force on Telegram Quote: "The Ukrainian Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine have destroyed 22 Russian UAVs.

A few more drones have not reached their targets."

Details: The Russians launched drones from the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Kursk Oblast in Russia. They also struck Kharkiv Oblast with two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles launched from Belgorod Oblast. The main areas of the strike were the south and the north of Ukraine.

Anti-aircraft units, mobile firing groups and electronic warfare assets were involved in repelling the attack.

Air defence systems were responding in Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytskyi Oblasts.

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