Russians attack Ukraine with 80 drones from three directions: details about the work of air defense

"On the night of October 27, the enemy attacked with 80 attack UAVs of the Shahed type and unmanned aerial vehicles of an unknown type from the directions of Orel, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk," the message says.

How did air defense work?

Anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed the air attack.

""As of 09:30, the downing of 41 enemy UAVs has been confirmed," the military stated.

In addition, air defense forces destroyed 32 Russian drones on-site; one drone flew toward Belarus.

The Air defense worked in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv regions. Most of the enemy UAVs were shot down in these regions.

The Sumy regional military administration said Russians hit the energy facilities of the critical infrastructure of the Romen district with Shahed drones. Essential services are on-site, assessing the consequences of the attack.

Air defense forces neutralized ten Russian drones on the outskirts of Kyiv. There are victims, Kyiv Regional Military Administration says.

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