Russia attacked Ukraine with 71 drones overnight, destroying 38 drones and detecting 25 imitator drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Monday, UNN reported.
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According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on night of February 3, the enemy attacked with 71 Shahed strike UAVs and various types of imitator drones from the following directions: Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russian Federation, TOT of Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces.
As of 09.00, 38 Shahed and other types of attack UAVs were confirmed to have been shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi regions. 25 enemy imitator UAVs were lost locally (no negative consequences)
As a result of the enemy attack, Sumy, Kharkiv and Cherkasy regions were reportedly affected.