Ukraine’s military shot down 28 out of 31 Shahed drones and two missiles launched by Russia overnight on Dec. 25, the Air Force wrote. The drones were destroyed in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts, according to the Air Force. Odesa Oblast’s air defenses downed 17 of the 28 drones, with debris damaging […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its air defence systems had shot down four Ukrainian military aircraft over the past 24 hours, just two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv had downed three Russian fighter-bomber jets. In its daily dispatch, the defence ministry said its air defence shot down three […]
Ukraine downed 14 of the 15 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said on Dec. 24. Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russian attacks are expected to escalate during the winter, with Moscow focusing on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other civilian sites. The drones were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsky in the Krasnodar Krai district […]
Ukraine downed three Russian Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber aircraft on the southern front, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk announced on Dec. 22. The Su-34 can carry out air strikes on targets up to 600 miles away while carrying 12 metric tons of bombs and missiles. “The hunt for them lasted for a long period of time,” […]
Ukraine downed 34 of the 35 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said on Dec. 21. Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russian attacks are expected to escalate during the winter, with Moscow focusing on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other civilian sites. The drones were launched from Russian-occupied Crimea, as well as the […]
Ukraine downed 30 of the 31 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said on Dec. 16. Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russian attacks are expected to escalate during the winter, with Moscow focusing on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other civilian sites. The drones were launched from Russian-occupied Crimea, Bryansk Oblast, and Kursk […]