On the night of January 5, russia launched 103 Shahed strike drones and simulator drones of various types over Ukraine. Of these, 61 were shot down, another 42 were lost in location.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 9:00 a.m., it was confirmed that 61 Shaheds and drones of other types were shot down in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi Regions. No hits were recorded.
Another 42 enemy drones-simulators were lost in location (without negative consequences).
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, at night the russian federation attacked Ukraine with strike drones, air defense was operating in the regions.
On the night of January 3, the russian occupiers attacked the territory of Ukraine with 93 Shaheds. Air defense forces destroyed 60 drones, another 26 did not reach their targets.
Meanwhile, over the past four days, a missile and at least 25 Shaheds were recorded flying over the territory of Belarus, including 13 UAVs - on New Year's Eve.
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