Air defence shot down 32 Russian Shaheds overnight
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Air defence shot down 32 Russian Shaheds overnight

Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Air defence forces

On the night of July 5, the Russian Army attacked Ukraine with 32 attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type. Air defence forces managed to shoot down all enemy drones.

Points of attention

  • Ukrainian air defence forces shot down all the Shaheds during the night attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine.
  • Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units were involved in the combat work to repel the night attack.
  • As a result of the Russian missile attack on Odesa, a woman was killed, and 7 other people were injured. A pre-trial investigation into violations of the laws of war has been launched.

The Air Force revealed the details of the Russian attack on Ukraine

As noted, on July 5, the Russian Federation attacked with 32 kamikaze drones of the "Shahed-131/136" type from the Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions of the Russian Federation.

During the night, defenders of the sky shot down all 32 "Shaheds" in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions, the report says.

The combat work of repelling a night air attack involved:

  • fighter aircraft

  • Air Force anti-aircraft missile units

  • mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine

  • electronic warfare units.

The Russian army struck the port infrastructure of Odesa

The Southern Defense Forces reported the consequences of the Russian attack on Odesa.

In the Odesa region, port infrastructure was damaged as a result of a Russian strike with a ballistic missile. A woman died, and seven people were injured.

As a result of the impact, buildings and other structures of the port infrastructure were damaged. A fire broke out, which was extinguished.

According to Oleh Kiper, the head of Odesa RMA , as a result of the missile attack, one civilian was killed, and seven others were injured.

Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder.

As a result of the attack, a 46-year-old woman died, and seven civilians were injured and hospitalized. Port facilities and administrative buildings were destroyed.

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