The enemy wants to exhaust our country's air defense systems.
This was reported on the air of the telemarathon by Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
“This time there was a significant number of so-called distracting UAVs, that is, without an explosive part. The purpose of which is to exhaust and study air defense systems. And this is also not a new tactic. Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Vladislav Vlasyuk said that the enemy used a new type of drone. They have not yet been disassembled into molecules, but they look like an economy version of the Shahed. Plywood instead of composite, a minimum of components, all the same cheap made in China,” Vlasyuk noted.
- The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia attacked Ukraine with an Kh-59 missile and 89 attack drones. The defense forces shot down both the missile and all the drones.