Ukraine downs all 20 Shahed drones in Russian overnight attack

20 attack UAVs destroyed overnight
20 attack UAVs destroyed overnight

Ukraine's air defenses eliminated all 20 Shahed-131/136 drones fired by Russia overnight on May 17, Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleschuk reported.

The drones were launched from Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk oblasts.

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Aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, mobile groups, and electronic warfare units participated to neutralize the drones over five oblasts: Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa, and Mykolaiv, Oleschuk said.

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