Combined night attack — Air Defense report
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On the night of November 20, occupants attacked Ukrainian cities with various types of missiles and attack drones. Air defense was operating in 14 regions.
This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Night attack on Ukraine
The Air Force reported that overnight the invaders fired at Ukraine:
- one S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile in the Kharkiv region from the Belgorod region;
- five X-59/69 guided missiles in Dnipropetrovs'k, Chernihiv and Sumy regions;
- guided aerial bombs;
- 122 Shahed attack UAVs and unidentified drones from Kursk, Orel and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
It is noted that the air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Thus, as of 11:00 a.m., two X-59/69 guided missiles and 56 enemy UAVs were confirmed downed. Air defense was operating in 14 regions, including:
- Kyiv,
- Cherkasy;
- Chernihiv;
- Poltava;
- Kirovograd;
- Zhytomyr;
- Khmelnytskyi;
- Sumy
- Mykolaiv;
- Kherson;
- Zaporizhzhia;
- Dnipro;
- Donetsk;
- Kharkiv regions.
"As a result of active counteraction, 58 enemy UAVs were lost in different regions. Six drones left Ukrainian airspace: five flew to Russia and one to Belarus," the statement reads.
Last night, the occupiers attacked Kyiv with attack drones. No direct hits were recorded, but the air defense system caused some debris to fall.
A day earlier, Russians attacked a dormitory in Hlukhiv, Sumy region. As a result, more than ten people were killed and some were wounded.
