Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in Kyiv on May 30, 2023.
Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in Kyiv on May 30, 2023.
  • Ukraine took out 17 Russian Shahed attack drones overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.
  • The air defense victory comes as Zelenskyy warns of depleting air defense systems. 
  • "We must increase the number of long-range antiaircraft defense systems," the wartime president said.

Ukraine's air defense systems successfully intercepted 17 Shahed drones overnight, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported via social media.

Russian forces launched a Kh-31 guided missile from the occupied Luhansk region, an Iskander-M ballistic missile from occupied Crimea, and 17 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs from Cape Chauda.