Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 69 of the 86 drones launched by Russian forces in an overnight attack that began on the evening of July 3.
As Ukrinform reports, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated this on Telegram.
According to the military, starting at 18:00 on July 3, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile launched from temporarily occupied Crimea, one Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missile fired from over the Black Sea, and 86 attack drones, including Shahed loitering munitions (including jet-powered variants), Gerbera and Italmas drones, as well as Parodiya decoy drones. The aerial weapons were launched from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Millerovo, and Oryol in Russia, as well as temporarily occupied Donetsk.
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The air attack was repelled by fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
