Ukrainian air defence downs 46 Russian drones, 24 disappear from radar
Pravda Ukraine
The Russians attacked Ukraine with 70 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 8-9 January. Not a single drone reached its target.
Source: Air Force of Ukraine on Telegram
Quote from the Air Force: “A total of 46 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones have been confirmed downed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts as of 09:00. A total of 24 enemy decoy drones disappeared from radar [without adverse effects].”
Details: It is reported that houses in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Cherkasy oblasts were damaged as a result of the downed attack UAVs.
The Ukrainian Air Force reports that the drones were launched from the Russian cities of Millerovo, Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
The Ukrainian Air Force and defence forces used aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups to repel the aerial assault.
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