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Ukraine Marks First Night Without Shahed Drone Attacks in 48 Days

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Ukraine Marks First Night Without Shahed Drone Attacks in 48 Days
Illustrative photo of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 is carried by a truck during a military parade outside the Khomeini Shrine in the south of Tehran, Iran, on September 21, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)

Overnight on October 14, Ukraine experienced its first night without Shahed drones in 48 days, according to various monitoring channels.

Russian army launched a record number of daily Shahed drone attacks on Ukraine. During that month, a total of 1,339 drones were deployed by the Russian forces.

Earlier on October 9, Ukraine's Defense Forces successfully targeted a drone storage facility near the village of Oktyabrsky in Russia's Krasnodar region, where Iranian-made Shahed drones were reportedly stored. 

On October 1, military expert Ivan Kyrychevskyi noted that recent statistics have shown a significant increase in drone production, estimating that Russia has ramped up its output to around 4,700 Shahed drones annually based on current data.

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