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Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine, has published a video showing how air defence systems were responding to Russian Shahed drones on 26 September.
Source: Oleshchuk on Telegram
Quote: “We see everything and we are not tired of destroying you [the Russians – ed.]!
Combat work of Air Force units against enemy Shahed UAVs on 26 September 2023.
Together to victory!”
Бойова робота Повітряних сил по ворожих “Шахедах” 26 вересня.
відео командувача ПС Миколи Олещука pic.twitter.com/rbziFDRH2G— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) September 26, 2023
Details: The published video shows a system’s monitor, probably produced in the West, where a Russian drone is targeted and destroyed.
Background: The Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Shahed attack UAVs on the night of 25-26 September 2023. The launch of 38 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs from the southeast (Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk; Cape Chauda in Russian-occupied Crimea) was observed.
The air defence forces and assets of the Ukrainian Air Force, jointly with units of other parts of the Ukrainian Defence Forces, downed 26 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs.
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