On the night of April 16, 2024, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with nine Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs. Ukrainian defenders of the sky shot down all enemy targets.
This was announced by the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Mykola Oleshchuk.
Drone attack on Ukraine on April 16
The Russians launched drones from Cape Chauda in Crimea.
According to the commander, all nine Shaheds were destroyed by mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Drones were shot down within Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for the 783rd day.
You can monitor the situation in cities on the interactive map of hostilities in Ukraine and the map of air alerts in Ukraine.