Launched Balism, Shakhda and UAK: The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, details

Ukrainian air defense managed to destroy all hostile drones in Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Odessa and Mykolaiv regions. It is worth noting that the information about the explosions in Kiev was confirmed by local authorities and focus correspondents, but there is no relevant information in the construction of the relevant information.

On the night of August 16, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles type "Iskander-M", shock drones of the Shahaned type and unknown-type drones. This was reported by the Commander of the Air Force Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk in his Telegram. "On the night of August 16, 2024, Russian invaders struck 3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 3 shaped UAVs and 2 unknown-type drones from Kursk region," Mykola Oleshchuk said.

He noted that as a result of the air -to -air combat, mobile fire groups of defense forces and the means of the PSP destroyed all Russian drones in Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Odessa and Mykolaiv regions. The chairman of the Nikolaev Ova Vitaliy Kim reported that on the night of August 15 to August 16, the forces and air defense products carried out combat work in the region.

"On the night of August 16 in the Nikolaev area, combat work was conducted by forces and means of air defense," Kim said. The head of the Kiev Ova Ruslan Kravchenko informed that at night the invaders attacked the region with the help of shock drones. "According to the operational groups, hits in the objects of residential and critical infrastructure in the territory of the region are not recorded. There are no victims among the population," - said Ruslan Kravchenko.

The head of the KMVA Sergey Popko said that at night the invaders tried to strike in Kiev. According to preliminary data, the enemy launched shock UAVs from Kursk region. "The enemy's aircraft has reached the capital in about 2 hours. Air alarm in the city lasted 44 minutes. In Kiev, air defense forces and means of air defense worked in Kiev," Popko said. According to him, in Kiev it was without destruction and victims.

It should be noted that at the time of the publication of the OVA in other areas did not comment on the enemy's attack or air defense. We will remind, on the night of August 15 the Russian military attacked Ukraine with managed flights of the type X-59 and drones of the type "Shahaned". According to the commander of PS Mykola Oleshchuk, 29 enemy UAVs were destroyed.