Russia strikes Ukraine with 110 drones overnight: Air defense's work reported
Illustrative photo: Russia launched more than a hundred drones overnight (Getty Images)
On the night of January 13, Russia struck Ukraine with 110 Shahed drones. Ukraine's Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 78 of them.
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Russia launched drones from the directions of the Russian cities of Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare (EW) units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling Russian air attack:
As of 9 a.m. Kyiv time, 78 drones were confirmed to have been shot down in Poltava, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and several other regions.
31 Russian imitator drones were lost without any negative consequences.
Destruction as a result of Russian night attack
“Due to the fall of downed Russian drones in Sumy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Zaporizhzhia regions, there is damage to the buildings of enterprises, private and public institutions, private houses, and vehicles. No casualties were reported,” Ukraine's Air Force wrote.
Russian nighttime attack on Ukraine
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been regularly attacking the territory of Ukraine with guided aerial bombs, drones, missiles of various types, and artillery, which poses a serious threat to the population. In particular, since last year, Russian troops have started attacking almost every night. On the night of January 12, Russia launched 94 drones. At the same time, Ukraine's air defense shot down 60 Russian drones.
