On the night of April 16, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 97 Shahed attack drones and simulator drones of various types from the following directions: Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Russian Federation, and Chauda in Crimea.
This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces. As of 09:30, 57 targets in the east, north, center, and south of the country were confirmed to have been hit.
Another 34 enemy drones-simulators were lost in location without negative consequences. Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Poltava regions were affected by the enemy attack.
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