The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 22 out of 25 Russian Shahed drones during the night attack on Odesa Oblast.

Entities

Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Port infrastructure (location) Izmail district (location) Kiliia district (location) Prymorske (location) Ukrainian air defense systems (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Shahed drone (weapon_system) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Russian forces (organization) Shahed-136/131 (weapon_system) Shahed-136/131 drones (weapon_system) Russian Defense Ministry (organization) fuel storage facility (location) Odesa Oblast (location) Ukraine's Air Force (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Defense Forces of Ukraine (organization) Izmail (location) Odesa (location) Reni (location) drones (weapon_system) Sea of Azov (location)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 22 out of 25 Russian Shahed drones during the night attack on Odesa Oblast

Kyiv Independent →

Russia launched 25 Shahed-136/131 drones at the southern part of Odesa Oblast

Kyiv Independent →

Ukraine's air defense reportedly downed 22 drones

Kyiv Post →

22 out of 25 Russian drones were destroyed by Ukrainian Air Force and air defense

Censor.NET →

The enemy is looking for tactics that will be as effective as possible for him. This time, when launching drones from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov, they tried to pass along the water areas, because the water areas are a tendency to muffle the sound, to avoid detection.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:12.623Z

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