On the night of Wednesday, December 18, russian troops launched 81 drones over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces shot down 51 drones as of 9:00 a.m., 30 UAVs did not reach their targets.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
It is noted that on the night of December 18 (from 07:00 p.m. on December 17), the enemy attacked with 81 Shahed attack UAV and drones of other types from the Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Oryol areas of the russian federation.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
"As of 09:00 a.m., it has been confirmed that 51 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types have been shot down in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions.
As a result of the active countermeasures of the Defense Forces, 30 enemy simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)," the message says.
No hits were recorded, and no information was received about damage or casualties.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of Tuesday, December 17, the russians launched 31 drones over the territory of Ukraine, and as of 12:00, the air defense forces had shot down 20 drones, and another 10 UAVs did not reach their targets.
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