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Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander and 78 Shaheds at night

Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander and 78 Shaheds at night

On the night of September 5, the aggressor country of russia launched 78 Shaheds and one Iskander missile over Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense shot down 60 enemy drones.

This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The launch sites of Shaheds were Kursk, Yeysk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk. The Iskander-M ballistic missile was launched from the occupied Crimea.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy's air attack.

The air raid alarm sounded for 11 hours in some cities. In Kyiv - 9.

"As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 60 attack UAVs were shot down. Two drones returned to russia, one returned to Belarus. 15 were lost in location on the territory of Ukraine (probably under the influence of EW devices), no information about destruction or casualties was received," the military stated.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, after a long air alert, there are huge traffic jams in Kyiv, and the subway is overcrowded. There were also long queues to the stations themselves.

On the night of September 5 in the Kyiv Region, air defenses worked against enemy drones.

On the morning of September 5, the aggressor country of the russian federation carried out another attack on the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk Region. With the help of the UAV, the enemy attacked the infrastructure enterprise, and after the rescuers arrived at the landing site, in order to extinguish the fire, the enemy purposefully attacked the fire truck.