Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 80 Russian Shahed-type attack drones during an overnight air attack on October 17-18, 2024.
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Since 20:00 on October 17, Russians have been attacking Ukraine with Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of unspecified type (launch areas: Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk)
As of 08:30, the Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and tracked 135 enemy drones
80 enemy drones were shot down in the Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Volyn, and Vinnytsia regions
44 Russian drones disappeared from radars, two flew to Belarus, and up to 10 enemy UAVs are in the airspace of central Ukraine
80 out of 135 Russian drones were shot down by Ukraine's Air Force
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