Thursday23 January 2025
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Defense forces shot down 47 Russian drones, while an additional 24 were lost in various locations.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 47 Russian drones, while an additional 24 enemy drones were lost in specific locations.
Силы обороны сбили 47 российских беспилотников, еще 24 были потеряны по местоположению.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 47 Russian drones, with an additional 24 enemy drones lost in specific locations.

As reported by Ukrinform, this information was shared by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.

Starting from 7:00 PM on January 1, the Russians launched an attack on Ukraine with 72 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and other types of drones from the directions of Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk.

The aerial 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 8:30 AM on January 2, the downing of 47 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of drones in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions has been confirmed.

Due to the active resistance of the Defense Forces, 24 enemy decoy drones were lost in specific locations (without negative consequences).

One UAV remains airborne.

As reported by Ukrinform, during the night of January 2, the air defense forces shot down 10 Russian strike drones of the Shahed type over the skies of the Sumy and Cherkasy regions.