On the night of May 19, Russia attacked Ukraine with dozens of drones, the the air defence forces shot down all of them.
Ukrainian air defence again thwarted an attack by Russian drones
According to the Ukrainian Air Force press service, on the night of May 19, 2024, Russian invaders launched 37 Shahed-131/136 attack drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation over Ukraine.
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, and radio-electronic warfare units were involved in repulsing the new air attack of the enemy.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, all 37 "Shaheds" were shot down in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Kherson regions. To everyone who secured this result, thank you for your hard work! Together to victory!
Lt Gen Mykola Oleschuk
Air Force Commander
Russia also announced a massive drone attack
The Russian MOD published a statement that on the night of May 19, their air defence was allegedly able to destroy 60 drones over two regions of the aggressor country, as well as one drone and nine ATACMS missiles over the occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
Nine ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and one UAV were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, three UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod Region, fifty-seven UAVs were destroyed and intercepted over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, the Ministry of Defense said in an official statement.
Although the Russian side declared the elimination of all targets, many fires broke out in the Russian Federation that night as a result of the drone attack.
It is related to enemy refineries in Vyborg, Leningrad Region, and Sloviansk-on-Kuban.
