Single-engine unmanned aerial vehicle of the Iranian company Shahed Aviation Industries. Designed for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iranian UAVs are actively used by the Russian Federation in aggression against Ukraine.
Ukraine on the night of Sunday, May 19, was subjected to a massive attack by Russian drones. According to the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrainian air defense managed to shoot down 37 Shahed-136/131 UAVs.
The drones were released in the Kyiv, Odessa, Nikolaev, Sumy, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy and Kherson regions. The attack was carried out from two directions: from the regions of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk.