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Russia has launched a group of Shahed attack drones into the territory of Ukraine.
Fountain: Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on social networks, kyiv OVA
Details:It is reported that since 21:00 drones have been flying over Sumy province in the direction of the city of Romny.
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Aggregate: At around 21:30, the Air Force reported that two groups of “Shakheds” are already flying across Ukraine: one continues its movement in the south of Sumy Oblast in the direction of Poltava Oblast, the other is moving in the south of Chernihiv Oblast heading southwest.
According to the online map, an air alert has now been declared in the Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava and kyiv regions.
Aggregate 2: Later, the alarm was extended to the Cherkasy and Kharkiv regions.
According to the Air Force, at 22:00 one drone group continued its movement in the south of Chernihiv region towards Kiev region, another drone group continued its movement in the east of Kiev region towards Cherkasy, and the third drone group extended its movement on the border of Sumy and Poltava regions towards Myrhorod.
At 22:28, the Air Force reported that the Shaheed groups were still moving:
- in the Sumy Oblast, heading west;
- in the Kharkiv province, heading to the Poltava province;
- In the Poltava region, the direction is southwest;
- in the Cherkasy region, southwesterly direction;
- in the Mykolayiv province, towards Kryvyi Rih;
- in the Kherson region, heading to the Mykolaiv region.
At 22:55, the kyiv OVA reported that air defense was being carried out in the region using drones.
At 23:05 the drones reported:
- in the south-east of Kyiv, in a south-westerly direction;
- in the north of the Cherkasy region, in the direction of Bila Tserkva;
- in the west of Poltava Oblast towards kyiv Oblast and in the east of Poltava Oblast towards Dnipropetrovsk Oblast;
- southwest of Sumy in the direction of Kharkiv Oblast;
- in the north-west of Kharkiv Oblast towards Poltava Oblast;
- north of Mykolaiv in a north-westerly direction.
At 23:52 there was another update on the movement of the UAVs:
- in the north of Sumy province in a westerly direction;
- in the southwest of Sumy province towards Poltava province;
- heading to Poltava;
- south of Kharkiv, heading southeast;
- in the north-east of the Dnipropetrovsk region in the direction of the Kirovohrad region;
- in the west of the Kirovohrad province, in the direction of the Vinnytsia province;
- in Cherkasy, in a south-westerly direction;
- north of Mykolaiv in a north-westerly direction;
- in the Kherson region in the direction of the Mykolaiv region.
At 00:34, the Air Force updated information on the movement of enemy drones:
- in the west of Sumy province towards Chernihiv province;
- in the north-west of Poltava region towards Cherkasy region;
- in the south-east of Cherkasy, in a south-westerly direction;
- in the Kirovohrad region, to the north-east, in a westerly direction and to the south, in a north-westerly direction;
- in Vinnychyna, north of the city, heading west;
- in Mykolayiv Oblast, north of the city, in a north-westerly direction;
- in the south of Zhytomyr province in a south-westerly direction.
we will remember: Lately, the Russians have been launching “Shahedy” all over Ukraine every evening and night. And its ruler, Vladimir Putin, announced plans to increase the production of Russian drones almost tenfold by 2024.
On September 19, at around 16:00, the Russians attacked a nursing home in Sumy with a guided aerial bomb. According to OVA, there were wounded, and one victim died in hospital.