💥 Attack

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down all 37 Shahed-131/136 drones launched by Russia during the night of May 18-19 across multiple regions.

multiple (Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Kherson)
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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian air defenses shot down all of the 37 Shahed-131/136 attack drones launched by Russia on the night of May 18 to 19

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukraine's defense forces shot down all of the 37 Shahed-131/136 attack drones launched by Russia on the night of May 18 to 19.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russian invaders launched the drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk areas.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force, mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and electronic warfare units were involved in repelling the aerial attack.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

All of the 37 drones were shot down in the Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Kherson regions.

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Extracted: 2026-02-23T22:48:59.876Z

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