Ukrainian air defence forces detected and destroyed all Russian drones in Kyiv's airspace, with 12 Shahed UAVs destroyed.
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preliminary air defence forces detected and destroyed all Russian targets in the airspace around Kyiv
In total, all air defence forces detected and destroyed 12 enemy UAVs of this type in the Kyiv airspace
about 10 such targets were destroyed around Kyiv
Ukraine’s air defense destroyed every Russian drone near Kyiv used for the March 27 attack on the capital.
12 kamikaze drones were shot down in the Kyiv region but debris from one set fire to a shop.
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