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Ukrainian air defense forces
Coverage of Ukrainian air defense forces in the Nexus archive.
- Massive Russian attack kills 18 people across Ukraine, officials say, as Moscow escalates fighting
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, killing 18 civilians and wounding 131. Ukrainian officials attributed the escalation to Moscow's strategy to exploit Ukraine's shortage of U.S.-made air defense systems. The attack targeted Kyiv, Dnipro, and eastern cities, with 12 deaths in Dnipro and six in Kyiv.
- One Dead in Chernihiv Region Drone Strike Amid Massive Russian Air Assault
Russian forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine using 229 combat and decoy drones, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 212. Fourteen strike drones breached defenses, hitting 11 locations, including a fatal strike in Chernihiv's Koriukivka district that killed one person.