The Air Forces reported that air defense systems shot down eight attack drones since the evening.

The air defense forces shot down eight strike drones that the Russians used to attack Ukraine starting Sunday evening, November 17.

According to reports from the Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force.

As per the Air Force's data, from 19:30 on Sunday, Russian troops targeted the Sumy region with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region, a Kh-59 guided air missile from the airspace of the Kursk region, and also launched 11 Shahed-type strike drones and drones of unspecified types from Kursk.

"Eight strike drones were intercepted by air defense in the Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions. Three UAVs were lost in specific locations," the report states.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that on the night and morning of November 17, the Russians conducted a massive combined strike on energy sector facilities in Ukraine using various types of missiles launched from air, ground, and sea platforms, as well as strike UAVs of the "Shahed" type. In total, the enemy fired 120 missiles and 90 UAVs.