On the night of December 6, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 48 Shahed drones. Air defense forces destroyed 41 of them.
Drone attack on December 6
The troops of the Russian Federation attacked with drones from two directions — Cape Chauda (Crimea) and the Kursk region (Russia).
48 "Shahed-136/131" attack drone launches were recorded.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat by the forces and means of the Air Force, in cooperation with the air defense forces of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 41 kamikaze drones of the enemy were destroyed.
Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the attack.
The Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, thanks all the soldiers for protecting the airspace and once again commends the combat work of the units of the mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine! Most of the destroyed "Shaheds" are on their account!
Defense forces destroyed a Russian fighter aircraft
On the evening of December 5, the Southern Defense Forces shot down an enemy Su-24M near Zmiiny Island.
An enemy plane, under the guise of a Su-30SM fighter, tried to launch a missile-bomb attack on the south of Odesa.
Both Russian pilots managed to eject from the Russian Su-24m that was shot down yesterday. A plane was sent to search for them, but in vain, wrote Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat.
