{"id":1246120,"date":"2025-06-16T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russians-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-kamikaze-drones-air-defense-systems-shot-down-84-air-targets\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:41:01","slug":"russians-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-kamikaze-drones-air-defense-systems-shot-down-84-air-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russians-massively-attacked-ukraine-with-kamikaze-drones-air-defense-systems-shot-down-84-air-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians massively attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones: air defense systems shot down 84 air targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of June 16, Ukrainian skies withstood one of the most powerful drone attacks from Russia in recent times. Starting at 9:00 p.m. on June 15, the enemy launched 138 Shahed attack UAVs and simulated drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, and Shatalovoye.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/kpszsu\/36395\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the press service<\/a> of the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that the main focus of the attack was Donetsk region, but alarm signals were heard throughout the country. In response, all components of the air defense were involved: fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, mobile fire groups, electronic warfare (EW) and unmanned systems of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> By morning, 125 enemy drones had been destroyed:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> 84 Shahed and other UAVs were shot down by fire;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> 41 drones were suppressed or lost thanks to electronic warfare.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Despite the successful defense, hits were recorded in 10 settlements, and drone debris fell in another 8 locations. The assessment of the consequences and damage is currently ongoing. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1246113 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/photo_5366379551669746665_y-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zsu-za-dobu-znyshchyly-1200-okupantiv-ta-ponad-200-odynyts-tekhniky-voroha\/\">the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine updated data on the losses of the Russian army in the war against Ukraine<\/a> , so in the 24 hours of June 15, the Ukrainian military destroyed 1,200 occupiers and 18 enemy artillery systems.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of June 16, Ukrainian skies withstood one of the most powerful drone attacks from Russia in recent times. Starting at 9:00 p.m. on June 15, the enemy launched 138 Shahed attack UAVs and simulated drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, and Shatalovoye. This was reported by the press service of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1103872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1246120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1103872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}