Seventy-three enemy UAVs shot down in Ukraine, 36 drone simulators lost
As of 09:00, 73 Shahed-type attack UAVs (drones of other types) have been confirmed shot down in the east, north, south and center of Ukraine; 36 enemy drone imitators have been lost (without negative consequences), the Air Force reported on Telegram.
At midnight on May 16, the enemy attacked with 112 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of simulator drones in the following directions: Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk of the Russian Federation.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
"As a result of the enemy attack, the Odessa, Zhitomir, Chernihiv, Nikolaev and Kiev regions suffered," the report says.
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