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Air defense downed 5 missiles and 11 Shaheds - AFU Air Force

Air defense downed 5 missiles and 11 Shaheds - AFU Air Force

Overnight into September 21, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 5 guided air missiles and 11 attack UAVs over six regions.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs about this.

It is noted that russia launched a total of 25 aerial targets over Ukraine.

The occupiers hit the Dnipropetrovsk Region with four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the occupied Crimea and the Rostov Oblast and five Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from the airspace of the temporary occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia Region.

Also, the enemy launched 16 attack UAVs of the Shahed type from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk.

As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, 5 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 11 attack UAVs were shot down. Another five drones were lost in location as a result of countermeasures by EW.

It is known that anti-aircraft defense worked in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Odesa and Mykolaiv Regions.