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Ukraine announces the downing of 72 Russian drones in the last 24 hours

 The Ukrainian Army Air Force announced this morning, Tuesday, that the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 72 Russian drones flying over the country’s skies on combat missions during the last 24 hours.

The Air Force stated in Statement (reported by the official Ukrainian “Ukrain Forum” news agency): “The Russian army attacked Ukraine in the aforementioned period with 131 witness drones.” and others from various Russian directions including Millerovo, Oryol and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. In addition, four Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched from the Voronezh region.

The statement added that the air strike was responded to by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces. Ukrainian.

He continued" This morning, it was confirmed that 72 Shahed drones and other drones were destroyed in the regions of Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernigov, Kiev, Zhytomyr, Khmelnitsky, Vinnitsa, Kirovohrad, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Zaporozhye and Rivne, as well as the disruption of 59 Russian drones until they completely disappeared from radars. Aerial follow-up, and in the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, Institutions, agricultural facilities, and private homes were damaged by the recent attacks, according to the statement.

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