UAV event in Kherson, Kherson area, Ukraine on Tue 28th March 2023

28th March 2023

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12 SHAKHEDS and a reconnaissance UAV were destroyed. On the night of 27 March 2023, the enemy attacked Ukraine with Shahed-136/131 attack drones and guided aerial bombs.

The Shahed attack was carried out from the north and southeast.

The occupiers' Su-35 fighters took off from the Morozovsk airfield in Rostov region and attacked the Kherson region with two guided bombs.

In total, the enemy used 13 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, one Granat-4 reconnaissance UAV and two UAVs.

As a result of the air combat, the Air Force and air defence units of the other components of the Ukrainian Defence Forces destroyed 13 air targets: 12 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs and one Granat-4 reconnaissance UAV.

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Kherson ( Kherson area )

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