Attack on Ukraine on November 19: how many drones were shot down by air defense

On the night of November 19, starting at 7:30 p.m. on November 18, the enemy launched a mass attack with 87 “Shahed” type UAVs and drones of an unknown type from the territories of the Kursk and Oryol regions of the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied Crimea.

This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were brought in to repel the attack.

As of 09:00, 51 drones have been shot down in Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv regions. Another 30 devices were lost by location in various regions. One UAV is still in the air, the combat work continues.

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