AFU: 35 out of 70 enemy UAVs shot down/suppressed, with hits recorded at 10 locations
On Friday night, the Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized 35 of the 70 drones that attacked Ukraine. Thirty-one strike UAVs were hit at 10 locations, and the crashes of downed UAVs (debris) were recorded at two locations, the Ukrainian Air Force press service reported.
"On the night of October 17 (from 8:00 p.m. on October 16), the enemy attacked with 70 shaheds, Gerberas, and other types of attack UAVs from the following directions: Millerovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), Chauda (TOT Crimea), about 50 of which were shaheds," the Telegram message says.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned aerial systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m., air defense forces have shot down or suppressed 35 enemy shaheds, Gerberas, and other types of UAVs in the north and east of the country. Thirty-one attack UAVs were hit at 10 locations, and downed UAVs (wreckage) were found at two locations.
The attack is reportedly ongoing, with several enemy UAVs in the airspace.
As reported, on the night of October 16, the Defense Forces neutralized 288 enemy targets out of 357 that attacked Ukraine. Direct hits were recorded at 14 locations: 14 missiles and 37 attack UAVs, according to the Ukrainian Air Force press service. The main areas of the attack are Poltava and Kharkiv regions.