57 drones out of 113 shot down over Ukraine during a night attack by Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Russia launched a large-scale drone attack, launching 113 drones from different directions. Air defense forces destroyed 57 attack UAVs and spotted 56 imitator drones in 11 regions of Ukraine.
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 113 drones, 57 enemy drones in 11 regions destroyed and 56 imitators detected, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Saturday, UNN reports.
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According to the Ukrainian Air Force, on the night of December 21 (from 19.00 on December 20), the enemy launched a S-400 anti-aircraft guided missile from the TOT of Donetsk region in the direction of Poltava region (without any consequences), attacked with 113 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones from the directions of Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Prymorsko-Akhtarsk, and Berdiansk.
The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces.
As of 09.00, 57 Shahed and other types of attack UAVs were confirmed downed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Donetsk, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia regions. Due to active counteraction of the Defense Forces, 56 enemy imitator UAVs were lost in the area (without negative consequences)
In Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions, the downed UAVs reportedly damaged private and apartment buildings, property and cars, and the victims are being provided with assistance.
