Defense forces shot down 61 Russian drones, while 42 drones were lost in specific locations.

During the night of January 5th, the Defense Forces successfully destroyed 61 enemy drones, with an additional 42 drones being reported lost in specific locations.

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The Defense Forces destroyed 61 enemy UAVs on the night of January 5, with 42 drones lost in location.

According to Ukrinform, this information was reported by the press service of the Air Force Command in a Telegram post.

“On the night of January 5, 2025 (from 19:00 on January 4), the enemy launched an attack with 103 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and various types of imitation drones from the directions of Bryansk, Millerovo, and Orel — RF. As of 09:00, the downing of 61 Shahed strike UAVs and other types of drones has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, and Khmelnytsky regions,” the message states.

According to the Air Force, no hits have been recorded. 42 enemy imitation drones have been lost in location (without negative consequences).

At the same time, several private houses in Kharkiv region were damaged due to the fall of a struck strike UAV. Assistance is being provided to the affected individuals, the press service added.

As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to January 5, 2025, amount to approximately 796,490 individuals, including another 1,730 over the past day.

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