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Ukrainian Air Force mobile fire groups shot down all 13 Shahed drones in Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts during an air defence operation.

Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk
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As a result of an air defence operation, mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces shot down all 13 Shahed drones in Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

Ukraine's mobile air defense groups shot down all 13 killer drones over Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk regions

Ukrainian air defense units successfully intercepted all 13 Shahed drones over Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts

Ukraine's air force shot down all 13 drones used in Russia's overnight attack on the southern regions of Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk.

A Russian Kalibr missile was shot down by a mobile fire group during a night attack.

Mobile air defense groups sometimes use MANPADS of the Stinger type or other samples provided to them.

During this attack, Russians launched missiles and Shaheds from both north and south with a 10-minute interval between drones.

Most of the Shahed drones did not manage to avoid radar detection using terrain features and were hit by air defense forces.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:33.765Z

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