Thursday23 January 2025
nbn.in.ua

Air defense forces shot down 41 drones used by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine.

On the night of January 8, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using 64 Shahed-type strike drones and various types of drone decoys. The air defense successfully neutralized 41 enemy targets.

This was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy launched drone attacks on Ukraine from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. The air assault was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces, and Defense Forces.

As a result of combat operations, 41 drones were destroyed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.

Additionally, 22 enemy imitation drones were lost to radar detection; three of them headed towards Russia, and one towards Belarus.