Air defense forces shot down 125 of the 130 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of August 29.
According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.
Starting at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, the enemy attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, as well as 130 Shahed-type strike UAVs (most of them jet-powered), “Gerbera,” S8000 “Banderole,” and “Parody”-type decoy drones from the following directions: Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), as well as the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Hvardeyske (Crimea).
The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 30, air defense forces shot down or neutralized 125 drones in northern, southern, eastern, and central Ukraine.
