Over 60 kamikaze drones attacked southern Ukraine on New Year's Eve, and more than 50 were shot down. This was reported by the spokeswoman for the Defense Forces of the Natalia Gumenyuk, a spokeswoman for the Southern Defense Forces, said during a telethon, a UNN correspondent reports .
According to preliminary data, more than 60 unmanned aerial vehicles were observed flying in our area of responsibility, of which more than 50 were destroyed
The Operational Command "South" of the Armed Forces of of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reportedthat a massive drone attack lasted for 11 hours a powerful massive drone attack lasted for 11 hours. The kamikaze drones started in the evening, and and ended around 4 a.m.
Thus, on New Year's Eve, air defense forces in the south shot down 51 Shahed-131/136 UAVs :
28 - in the Odesa region,
14 in Mykolaiv region,
5 - in Vinnytsia region
2 - in Dnipropetrovs'k region
1 each in Kherson and Kirovohrad regions
The enemy's obvious priority remains the port infrastructure of Odesa region, and a large number of drones were sent from the sea to the coastal zone. A fire broke out in one of the port terminals as a result of a hit, which was quickly extinguished. No one was injured
It is noted that some of the drones were deliberately sent by the enemy around midnight deliberately sent some of the drones to residential areas of sleeping areas, where people were were going to celebrate the New Year with their families. As a result of the fall of the downed UAVs, at least 3 apartment buildings were damaged. high-rise buildings, 3 private houses, and outbuildings. One person was killed and three people were hospitalized.
In the Mykolaiv region, a hit to an infrastructure facility caused a massive fire, but firefighters extinguished it quickly. There were no reports of casualties. In the Vinnytsia region, in Tulchyn district, fragments of a downed enemy drone damaged a garage and the windows of several houses. No people were injured
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Defense Forces destroyed a record number of drones in the sky over Ukraine on New Year's Eve [0 a record number of Shahed-type attack drones launched by Russian troops - 87 out of 90. 87 з 90.