On the night of December 4, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 23 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the occupied Crimea and a cruise missile from the airspace of the Kherson region.
Air defense of Ukraine eliminated the vast majority of drones
The Russian troops attacked the territory of Ukraine with the help of attack drones and air missiles on the night of December 4. Air defense forces worked in nine regions of the country.
This is reported in the Telegram of the AFU Air Forces.
On the night of December 4, 2023, the enemy attacked with 23 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs from Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea and a guided air missile from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region, the message says.
Fighter aircraft, missile units and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Air Force and Defense Forces were involved in repelling the air attack.
As a result of coordinated combat operations, 18 attack drones and one Kh-59 guided air missile were destroyed. Air defense worked in at least nine regions of Ukraine.
Late yesterday evening, December 3, Russian troops launched several groups of Shahed attack drones over the territory of Ukraine. An air alert was announced in several southern, central and western regions.
According to reports from the Air Defense Forces, enemy drones flew to the Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
In the Khmelnytskyi region, it was reported about the work of the Air Defense Forces. Fortunately, there were no casualties or damage to buildings.
What is known about the drone attack on December 3
The Air Force noted that the Russians attacked with Shahed-type shock UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region (RF) and Kh-59 cruise missiles from the airspace of the Belgorod region.
Attack drones attacked in several waves and entered the Mykolaiv region through the occupied Kherson region.
In Mykolayiv Oblast, in the area of responsibility of the "Southern" Air Command, most of the "Shaheds" were destroyed by air defense.
The rest were headed in the northwest direction and were shot down in the Starokostyantynov area of Khmelnytskyy.
As a result of combat work, the air defense of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 10 Shahed-136/131 drones. The Kh-59 cruise missile did not reach its target.
