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Air defense intercepted 39 Shahed drones and 2 missiles launched by Russia in its attack on Ukraine.

This was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy launched missiles from the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, while drones were deployed from areas in Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Oryol, and Bryansk.

The air attack was countered by anti-aircraft missile troops, aviation, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces, and Defense Forces.

As of 09:30, the Air Forces confirmed the destruction of two guided air-to-surface missiles X-59/69 and 39 enemy drones in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions.

Additionally, 30 drones were lost in various regions of Ukraine, and 3 exited Ukrainian airspace heading towards Belarus and temporarily occupied territories.

As a result of the "Shahed" attack in Mykolaiv, 5 people died. There, the Russians hit residential buildings in different parts of the city, as well as non-residential premises. A fire occurred at the site of one of the impacts, which was promptly extinguished by rescuers.