Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 33 Russian drones across multiple regions during overnight attacks.
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33 enemy UAVs were confirmed to have been shot down in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Dnipro, Sumy, Chernihiv and Poltava regions
Russian drones maintained their usual tactics, approaching the capital from multiple directions at varying altitudes. The enemy drones were detected and neutralized by air defense forces.
Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 33 enemy drones during a nighttime drone attack
On the night of 31 October, Russia attacked Kyiv with attack drones, causing debris to fall in the Podil district and damaging windows in two residential buildings and one administrative building.
Air defense forces destroyed all drones that tried to attack Kyiv during this incident.
The attack damaged a high-voltage power line and caused a fire in an open area which was extinguished promptly.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:15.227Z
Source story: 3921502-afu-destroyed-33-enemy-drones-overnight-25-were-lost-locally