The Russian forces attacked Ukraine with ground-based missiles and assault UAVs on the night time of 17-18 April. Ukraine’s air defence forces have shot down three Iskander-Ok cruise missiles and 23 Shahed assault UAVs.
Supply: Ukraine’s Air Drive on Telegram
Quote: "Early experiences point out that the Air Drive air surveillance troops detected and escorted 43 enemy air assault automobiles – six missiles of varied varieties and 37 assault UAVs (decoy drones of different varieties), together with one Iskander-M ballistic missile (launch space: briefly occupied Crimea); 5 Iskander-Ok cruise missiles (launch areas: briefly occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Crimea); 37 Shahed assault UAVs and different varieties of drones (launch areas: Russian cities of Millerovo and Kursk)."
Particulars: Plane, anti-aircraft missile troops, digital warfare models and cellular hearth teams from Ukraine's defence forces had been concerned in repelling the assault.
As of 09:30, 26 airborne targets had been confirmed to have been shot down: three Iskander-Ok cruise missiles and 23 Shahed assault UAVs. Ten Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar.
Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kyiv oblasts got here beneath assault.
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