• Tuesday

    17 June, 2025

  • 17.4°
    Partly cloudy

    Mykolaiv

  • 17 June , 2025 Tuesday

  • Mykolaiv • 17.4° Partly cloudy

1600 Russian drones destroyed in a week in the Kherson region

Херсонська область. Ілюстраційне фото: ShutterstockKherson region. Illustrative photo: Shutterstock

Between 9 and 15 June, the defence forces destroyed about 1,600 Russian drones, which is 80% of the total number used in the Kherson region.

This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin.

A total of 1992 cases of FPV drones and drone drops were recorded over the past week, of which 804 were within the Kherson community. In this area, 710 Russian drones were destroyed.

Протидія російським БпЛА. Ілюстрація: Херсонська ОВАCountering Russian UAVs. Illustration: Kherson JFO

As a reminder, on 15 June, Russian troops attacked the Kherson region with drones, artillery and aircraft. Seven people were injured in the shelling.

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