The Russian Federation attacked Balism and "Shahmed": what regions were in danger

During the air combat, 14 Shahaned drones were destroyed, two more were lost. According to the commander of the PS Mykola Oleshchuk, the information about the destruction was not received. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine on the night of August 22 to 23. To do this, the enemy applied ballistic missiles of the "Iskander-M"/KN-23 and shock drones of the Shahaned. This was reported by the Commander of the Air Force Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk in his Telegram.

"On the night of August 23, 2024, the enemy attacked two Ballistic missiles" Iskander-M "/KN-23 from the Voronezh region and 16 shock UAVs of the type" Shahd "(lands Oleshchuk. He noted that as a result of anti -air battle with aviation, units of radio electronic struggle and the calculations of mobile groups of defense forces, 14 UAVs were destroyed, two more were lost, and information about the destruction was not received.

According to Oleshchuk, air defense worked in Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Poltava and Sumy regions. The head of the Kiev Ova Ruslan Kravchenko informed that the Russian soldiers tried to attack the region with shock drones, worked as aircraft. "There were aircraft forces in the region! The enemy targets were destroyed. There are no hits into residential and critical infrastructure. There are no victims.

It should be noted that at the time of publication in other regions, do not comment on the enemy night attack. We will remind, on August 22 at the US Embassy in Ukraine stated that with the approach of Independence Day for several days there is an increased risk of missile and drone attacks by Russia. Yes, shelling is possible day and night.