Wednesday05 February 2025
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Air defense shot down 47 drones over Ukraine.

On the night of January 2, Russians launched an attack on Ukraine using 72 strike drones of the Shahed type, along with drones of other types. Ukrainian forces successfully shot down 47 of these drones.

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

Drones were launched from Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtersk in Russia.

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

As of 08:30, air defense forces shot down 47 Shahed-type drones and other types of drones in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Odesa, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions.

Due to the active resistance of the Defense Forces, 24 enemy imitation drones were lost in terms of location (without negative consequences). One drone remains airborne.