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Air defense forces engaged a UAV spotted in the airspace of Kyiv Oblast.

Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Ukrinform UNIAN

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Ukrainian air defense (military_unit) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) F-16 (weapon_system) M61A1 (weapon_system) AIM-9 Sidewinder (weapon_system) AIM-120 AMRAAM (weapon_system) Russian cruise missiles (weapon_system)

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Air defense forces working on targets in Kyiv Oblast after UAV was spotted

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian F-16 pilot shot down six Russian cruise missiles in one mission

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Four missiles were destroyed with air-to-air missiles and two with the 20mm cannon

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The engagement occurred on December 13, 2024

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The missiles were heading toward Kyiv

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

This is the first time in history such a feat was achieved in aerial combat

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-19T17:47:40.229Z

Source story: 3937866-kyiv-number-of-regions-are-on-alert-air-defense-is-in-operation