Friday17 January 2025
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Air defense shot down over 30 drones used by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine.

On the night of January 4th, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using 81 Shahed-type strike drones and various types of decoy drones. Air defense systems successfully neutralized 34 targets.
ПВО Украины перехватила свыше 30 дронов, запущенных Россией в ходе атаки на страну.
Украинские военные. Иллюстративное фото

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

The enemy launched drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, located in the Russian Federation.

The air assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces, and Defense Forces.

As of 9:00 AM, the Air Forces confirmed the downing of 34 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.

Due to the active resistance of the Defense Forces, 47 enemy imitation drones were lost in terms of location. However, the downed drones damaged private homes in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. Assistance is being provided to those affected.