Thanks to aviation and anti-aircraft units: AFU destroyed 26 Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136 in 24 hours

By: Myroslav Trinko | 08.03.2024, 14:23
Thanks to aviation and anti-aircraft units: AFU destroyed 26 Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-136 in 24 hours

Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed 26 enemy kamikaze drones in a day.

Here's What We Know

The spokesman of the command of the Air Force of the AFU Yuri Ignat told about it. We are talking about Iranian drones Shahed-136. Of these, 15 UAVs (6 over the Odessa region and 9 over the Nikolaev region) were shot down by the Pivdenny Air Command's air defense forces and assets on October 17 from 3:30 to 6:50.

And on October 16 in just one hour (from 21:30 to 22:30) the AFU destroyed 11 Iranian drones. The AFU used anti-aircraft units and aviation to destroy the UAVs.

Source: Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces