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Ukrainian air defence forces detected and destroyed all Russian drones in Kyiv's airspace, with 12 Shahed UAVs destroyed.

Kyiv, Ukraine
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Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

preliminary air defence forces detected and destroyed all Russian targets in the airspace around Kyiv

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

In total, all air defence forces detected and destroyed 12 enemy UAVs of this type in the Kyiv airspace

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

about 10 such targets were destroyed around Kyiv

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine’s air defense destroyed every Russian drone near Kyiv used for the March 27 attack on the capital.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

12 kamikaze drones were shot down in the Kyiv region but debris from one set fire to a shop.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:02.986Z

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