Russian night attack: air defense forces destroyed 16 out of 17 enemy UAVs

On the night of April 12, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 17 Shahed-131/136 attack drones and an Kh-59 guided air missile. Air defense forces of Ukraine managed to shoot down 16 enemy drones.
About this reported Commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Mykola Oleschuk.
The attack was carried out from two directions:
17 Shahed-131/136 UAVs took off from Cape Chauda (Crimea).
1 Kh-59 guided air missile was launched from the airspace of the occupied Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian military successfully eliminated Russian air targets within six regions:
- Mykolayivska
- Odesa
- Khersonsk
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Vinnytsia
- Khmelnytska
“As a result of the fall of the fragments of a downed drone in Kryvorizhzhia, a fire broke out at the energy facility. Your military has localized it, firefighters continue their work“, – reported in the Telegram channel of the Southern Defense Forces.
On the night of April 11 Russianand troops carried out a massive shelling of Ukraine, using attack drones and missiles of various types.




