- Ukraine took out 17 Russian Shahed assault drones in a single day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated.
- The air protection victory comes as Zelenskyy warns of depleting air protection methods.
- “We should enhance the variety of long-range antiaircraft protection methods,” the wartime president stated.
Ukraine’s air protection methods efficiently intercepted 17 Shahed drones in a single day, the Normal Workers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported by way of social media.
Russian forces launched a Kh-31 guided missile from the occupied Luhansk area, an Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea, and 17 Shahed-131/136 assault UAVs from Cape Chauda.
Because of the air battle, the Ukrainian Protection Forces shot down all 17 enemy Shahed assault drones within the Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Poltava areas.
The Protection Forces of southern Ukraine wrote on Telegram {that a} missile, presumably an Iskander-M, hit Odesa, producing a hearth that was shortly extinguished.
The destiny of the Kh-31 missile is unclear.
Earlier this week, Enterprise Insider’s Sinéad Baker reported that Ukrainian-made drones had struck a facility producing long-range Shahed assault drones.
Shahed-136 drones, developed by Iran, are powered by a propeller and might carry an explosive payload of as much as an estimated 110 kilos.
Whereas final night time’s air protection operation was successful, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the methods are working low.
“We should enhance the variety of long-range antiaircraft protection methods,” the wartime president stated.
He pressured that if Russia continued placing Ukraine on the similar magnitude because the earlier month, “we’d run out of missiles, and the companions comprehend it,” per Politico.
Ukraine’s crucial ammunition and protection shortages are being exacerbated by a US congressional gridlock, which is stalling a $60 billion help package deal.
Enterprise Insider contacted the Normal Workers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for remark.
