At night, air defense forces shot down 21 "Shahed" militants

At night, air defense forces shot down 21 "Shahed" militants

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Ukrainian air defense shot down 21 out of 49 enemy drones detected during a night attack. Russian troops attacked the front line and infrastructure in various regions.

On the night of December 31, air defense forces destroyed 21 enemy "shahed" drones. UNN reports this with reference to the report of the Air Force of Ukraine.

On the night of December 31, 2023, the Russian occupiers attacked with Shahed UAVs from three directions: Cape Chauda (Crimea), the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and  Kursk region - rf.

A total of 49 enemy drones were spotted "Shahed-136/131". The enemy also attacked the city of Kharkiv with six S-300 anti-aircraft S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.

"In different regions of Ukraine, units of mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces, fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft missile units of the of the Air Force destroyed 21 enemy "shaheds"," the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.

The enemy sent most of the attack drones along the front line of defense defense line, as well as civilian, military and infrastructure facilities in the frontline areas, in particular in Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.