On the night of Wednesday, October 16, Putin's army attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones “Shahed” and missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on the work of the air defense.
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In the press service The Ukrainian Air Force reported that at night, Russian invaders launched 136 drones at Ukraine from the areas of the cities of Orel, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the aggressor country.
The Russian Armed Forces also attacked the Chernihiv region with a guided Kh-59 air missile and struck the territory of Donetsk region controlled by Kyiv with an S-300/S-400 missile, NBN reports.
As of 07:00, the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down 51 drones in the Kiev region, Chernihiv region, Poltava region, Mykolaiv region, Dnipropetrovsk region, Donetsk region, Kharkiv region, Zhytomyr region, Kirovohrad region, Kherson region, Ternopil region, Cherkasy region, Sumy region and Khmelnytsky region.
In addition, 60 UAVs were lost in various regions of the country, the relevant data are being clarified. About 20 more enemy drones are in the airspace of Ukraine, the air defense forces continue combat operations.
As reported, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexander Litvinenko told when to expect large-scale attacks by Russian invaders on the Ukrainian energy system.