Russia launched 728 drones into Ukraine tonight. Most of them were drone imitators.
This was stated by the head of the Air Force communications department, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, on the air of the United News telethon.
Drone attack on Ukraine on July 9
According to Yuri Ignat, tonight the enemy launched a record number of drones and air attack weapons in general – 741 units.
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At the same time, the Air Force spokesman emphasized that out of 728 drones, just over 300 were Shahed-type attack UAVs.
– Let's immediately lower the tension a little. Let's say that it was not the Shaheds who were flying in such quantity. There were only a little over three hundred Shaheds flying, and a large number of them were destroyed by air defense, – noted Yuri Ignat.
He noted that in today's Air Force report, 303 drones are Shaheds. The statistics of lost drones include imitators – 415 of them.
According to Yuri Ignat, the air defense did a good job last night. There are some consequences from the Kinzhals, although not all the missiles reached their targets.
— Today, aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, and interceptor drones worked. They managed to destroy dozens of targets. Mobile fire groups are not going anywhere either. In their lower echelon, they are working quite well. They managed to destroy slightly less than 100 targets, — summed up Yuri Ignat.
According to the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko, most of the enemy drones in the sky tonight are decoys.
— There were fewer Shahids/Geraniums. The proportion among Russians, as a rule, is more than 50% — decoys during attacks, — he emphasized.
