Air defense forces shot down 12 drones during the Russian attack on Ukraine
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Air defense forces shot down 12 drones during the Russian attack on Ukraine

Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Air defense forces shot down 12 drones during the Russian attack on Ukraine

On the night of March 9, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 15 attack drones of the "Shahed" type. Air defense forces shot down 12 enemy drones.

The Air Force disclosed the details of the night attack of the Russian Federation

As noted, the occupiers launched drones from the Crimean Chauda and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia.

Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down 12 drones.

Russian "Shakhed" were destroyed within the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Poltava regions.

Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces were involved in the repulse of the air attack, the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces noted.

What is known about the Russian attack on Ukraine on March 9

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said that six drones were shot down over the region at night.

But there was a hit on an industrial enterprise in the Kryvorizka district - a fire broke out there. There were no casualties.

The Russian army also struck Marhanets and one of the community's villages with heavy artillery. In total, more than 10 shells were fired at populated areas.

There are no dead or injured.

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