Defense forces shot down 41 Russian drones, with an additional 22 lost in various locations.

Ukrainian defense forces have shot down 41 Russian strike drones of the Shahed type and other models, with an additional 22 reported as lost in specific locations.

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The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 41 Russian strike drones of the Shahed type and other types, with an additional 22 lost in specific locations.

According to Ukrinform, this information was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a Telegram message.

Since 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 7, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with 64 strike drones of the Shahed type and decoy drones of various types from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF).

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 9:00 AM on Wednesday, January 8, the downing of 41 Shahed type strike drones and other types of drones has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.

22 enemy decoy drones were lost in specific locations (without negative consequences), three of which headed towards Russia, and one towards Belarus.

As reported by Ukrinform, on Wednesday, January 8, the enemy attacked Ukraine with strike drones, leading to air raid alerts in several regions.