Air Force: Ukraine downs 32 of 35 drones overnight.

Ukraine shot down 32 out of 35 kamikaze drones launched overnight, the Air Force reported[1] on June 20. Russian forces launched 35 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from Bryansk Oblast and from the Azov Sea, targeting military and civilian infrastructure. The Air Force units managed to destroy 30 drones, and the Ground Forces shot down two.

While air defenses were active in most of Ukraine's oblasts, the main area of the attack was Kyiv Oblast, the Air Force noted. According to the Kyiv City Military Administration, around 20 enemy targets were[2] detected and destroyed over the capital. Russian forces also struck Zaporizhzhia[3] with Iskander ballistic missiles, the report noted.

Acting Zaporizhzhia Mayor Anatolii Kurtiev said[4] there were no casualties or damages to residential buildings, and all utility systems work as usual. He didn't provide details on the attack. Lviv officials reported[5] an air strike against critical infrastructure in the city around 5 a.m., starting a fire but leaving no casualties.

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[6] Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

  1. ^ reported (t.me)
  2. ^ were (t.me)
  3. ^ Zaporizhzhia (kyivindependent.com)
  4. ^ said (t.me)
  5. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
  6. ^ Macron says SAMP/T air defense systems 'deployed and operational' in Ukraine"It really is Europe protecting Europe," Macron said at a speech in Paris during an air defense conference that brought together EU defense ministers, U.S. and NATO military officials, and industry executives. (kyivindependent.com)

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