Ukraine's air defense shoots down 71 of 145 Russian drones during massive attack
Kyiv • UNN
On the night of November 25, Russia attacked Ukraine with 145 drones from different directions. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 71 drones in 14 regions, and another 71 were lost to electronic warfare.
Air defense forces shot down 71 out of 145 Russian drones launched at Ukraine on Sunday evening and the night of November 25, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Monday, UNN reports.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of November 25 (from 18:30 on November 24), the occupiers attacked Ukraine with Shahed UAVs and unidentified drones from the directions of Orel, Kursk, Millerovo, Prymorsko-Akhtarsk, and the TOT of Crimea.
In total, the Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and escorted 145 enemy UAVs.
As of 11:00 a.m., air defense shot down 71 enemy UAVs in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Dnipro, Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions. 71 UAVs were lost at the location, presumably due to active counteraction of the electronic warfare of the Defense Forces, another UAV flew towards Belarus
Also, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the day (yesterday) on November 24, from 10:00 to 17:30, the enemy struck again with drones of various types, guided bombs and X-59/69 guided missiles. "
Addendum
The Air Force pointed out that since the enemy is constantly changing the tactics of using attack drones, the format of presenting information on the results of air defense operations may change. Previously, the Shahed attacks were carried out only at night - in the dark. Now the enemy is using attack UAVs during the day as well.
