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War in Ukraine: kyiv worries about Moscow's intensification of deadly air attacks

2024-03-28T17:25:53.132Z

Highlights: Ukrainian forces detected 28 attack drones in the east and south of the country according to a senior army official. These raids, carried out with Shahed-136/131, Iranian-designed machines, are most often at night, to make them more difficult to detect. Twenty-six of these drones which left the Kursk region in Russia and Cape Chaouda, in the annexed Crimean peninsula, were however shot down according to the Ukrainian air force. According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba, Russia fired 190 missiles and sent 700 kamikaze drones.


STORY – Weaknesses and “holes” in Ukrainian air defense are a recurring source of concern.


The violence of Russian bombings on Ukraine continues. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, Ukrainian forces detected 28 attack drones in the east and south of the country according to a senior army official. These raids, carried out with Shahed-136/131, Iranian-designed machines, are most often at night, to make them more difficult to detect.

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Twenty-six of these drones which left the Kursk region in Russia and Cape Chaouda, in the annexed Crimean peninsula, were however shot down according to the commander of the Ukrainian air force, Mykola Oleshchuk, who did not no mention of damage. That same day, Moscow also directed three Kh-22 cruise missiles, an Kh-31P anti-radar missile and an S-300 surface-to-air missile against Ukraine during the night, again according to the Ukrainian army which did not did not give further details.

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According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba, Russia fired 190 missiles and sent 700 kamikaze drones…

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Source: lefigaro

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