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

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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.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

All 37 Shahed-131/136 drones launched by Russia overnight were shot down by the air defense

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Air defense forces shot down 37 Shahed attack drones overnight

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:06.601Z

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