Ukraine Downs 47 Russian Drones, 25 Veer Off Course

2024-12-23 03:08:54

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukraine's Defense Forces shot down 47 Russian drones overnight Monday, while 25 decoy attack drones veered off their course.

That's according to the Air Force Command, Ukrinform reports.

“From 10:00 on December 22 to 09:00 on December 23, 2024, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 72 Shahed one-way attack UAVs and other types of drones, launched from Bryansk and Orel in Russia,” the report reads.

As of 09:00, it has been confirmed that 47 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were shot down over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions.

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The attack was repelled by air defense forces, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups.

Due to active countermeasures (e-warfare), 25 enemy drones veered off course, causing no damage on the ground.

In Khmelnytskyi and Kyiv regions, private businesses and people's homes were affected by drone debris, with no casualties reported

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