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Ukraine's air defence troops destroyed 25 Shahed kamikaze drones out of 33 launched by Russia on the night of 5-6 October. Source: press service of Ukraine's Air Force Details: Just like the other day, the Russian occupying forces on the night of 5-6 October again attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.
25 out of 33 Russian Shahed-131/136 combat drones launched from Cape Chauda in the southeastern part of occupied Crimea were shot down overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a Telegram statement released on Oct. 6.
Russia wants to mass-produce a kamikaze drone orders of magnitude cheaper than some of the the western air defense systems Ukraine has to attack it.
The Russian occupying forces attacked Ukraine with 31 Shahed kamikaze UAVs and an Iskander-K cruise missile on the night of 2-3 October. Ukrainian air defence forces managed to shoot down 30 aerial targets.
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Air Force of Ukraine, has thanked the air defence units for their effective work in repelling the Russian attack on 3 October. Source: Oleshchuk on Telegram Quote: "[You] did a great job in Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv oblasts today! The 138th Dnipro Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade, the 301st Nikopol Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment of the Air Force of the Skhid ('East') Air Command, the 160th Odesa Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade of the Pivden ('So