Ukrainian defenders destroy 8 Shahed UAVs and prevent Russian missiles from “reaching their targets”
Russian forces targeted frontline Ukrainian oblasts with missiles of various types and launched loitering munitions on the night of 24-25 August. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force Quote: "Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk oblasts have been attacked.
The enemy used surface-to-surface missiles from Voronezh and Rostov oblasts: an Iskander-K cruise missile and an Iskander-M ballistic missile; six Kh-59/Kh-69 air-to-surface missiles were launched from the airspace of Kursk and Belgorod oblasts.
Advertisement:Most of the missiles failed to reach their targets due to active countermeasures by Ukraine's defence forces."
Details: In addition, Russian forces launched 9 Shahed-type loitering munitions from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea.
Eight Shaheds were shot down by mobile fire groups in Mykolaiv Oblast.
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