Russian troops launched 72 drones over territory of Ukraine over the past day, air defense forces managed to shoot down 57 drones, another 56 UAVs did not reach their targets.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
It is noted that during the day (from 10:00 a.m. on December 22 to 9:00 a.m. on December 23), the enemy attacked the territory of Ukraine with 72 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types from the directions of Bryansk, Oryol - the russian federation.
"As of 9:00 a.m., it has been confirmed that 47 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones have been shot down in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa Regions. Due to the active countermeasures of the Defense Forces, 25 enemy simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)," the message says.
Infographics: Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
In the Khmelnytskyi and Kyiv Regions, private enterprises and houses of citizens were damaged due to the russian attack, however, there were no casualties, and assistance is being provided to the injured.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of Saturday, December 21, russian troops launched an S-400 anti-aircraft guided missile over the territory of Ukraine and 113 drones, air defense forces managed to shoot down 57 drones, another 56 UAVs did not reach their targets.
Earlier, russian dictator vladimir putin threatened Ukraine with "many times greater destruction" in response to the drone attack that the russian city of Kazan (Tatarstan) suffered on December 21.
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