On the night of January 16, the aggressor state russia attacked Ukraine with 55 Shahed and drone simulators of various types. Air defense forces destroyed 34 UAVs, another 18 did not reach their targets.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have reported this.
Thus, from 8 p.m. on January 15 and during the night of January 16, the enemy attacked with 55 Shahed attack UAVs and drone simulators of various types from the directions of Millerovo, Oryol, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – the russian federation.
As of 9 a.m., it was confirmed that 34 attack UAVs of the Shahed type and drones of other types were shot down in the following regions:
- Poltava,
- Sumy,
- Kharkiv,
- Cherkasy,
- Chernihiv,
- Kyiv,
- Zhytomyr,
- Kirovohrad,
- Dnipropetrovsk,
- Zaporizhzhia,
- Mykolaiv.
It is reported that several UAVs hit a farm in the Chernihiv Region, and private houses in the Kharkiv and Poltava Regions were also damaged as a result of the downed enemy drones.
"18 enemy simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)," the department added.
Infographics of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, according to British intelligence observations, in December 2024, the russian occupiers reduced the intensity of drone attacks in terms of number for the first time since spring. Weather conditions likely affected operations at the beginning of the month.
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