Russians attacked Ukrainian territory with 33 attack drones and two S-300 missiles on the night of January 18. Air defense forces destroyed 22 drones. This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that Russian troops fired 33 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. They also fired two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at the Kharkiv region.
The main directions of the attack were south and north. The air defense forces were operating in Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, and Khmelnytskyi regions.
"The Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces destroyed 22 enemy UAVs. Several more drones failed to reach their targets. Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups, as well as electronic warfare equipment, were involved in repelling the air attack," the statement said.
