Ukrainian air defenses destroy all 24 Shahed drones in Russia's overnight attack
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed all 24 Russian Shahed-131/136 drones overnight on May 22, Ukrainian Air Force Commander, Mykola Oleschuk, reported.
Drones were launched from Primorsk-Akhtarsk and Kursk in Russia and from temporarily occupied Crimea.
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Mobile fire groups, electronic warfare units, anti-aircraft missile units, and Air Force fighter jets were involved in the operation.
Drones were destroyed over six Ukrainian oblasts: Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Sumy, and Odesa.
The Ukrainian Navy also reported the destruction of four enemy kamikaze drones over Mykolaiv Oblast during the night.
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Air raid sirens were heard in many Ukrainian oblasts overnight on May 22 as Ukrainians were warned of a Russian drone attack.
Explosions were reported in the Sumy and Poltava oblasts.
A Russian drone attack on the power grid in Sumy caused significant power outages.
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