Ukrainian Forces Shoot Down 67 Enemy Drones, Another 71 Disappear From Radar

2025-02-08 06:12:03

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukraine's defense forces have shot down 67 Russian drones. Another 71 UAVs have been lost from tracking.

The Air Force of the armed forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

Starting at 19:30 on Friday, February 7, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 139 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones launched from Russia's Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Bryansk, and Shatalovo.

Ukraine's anti-aircraft missile troops, EW units, and mobile fire groups repelled that enemy air attack.

As of 09:00 on Saturday, February 8, 67 drones were confirmed downed in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions.

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As many as 71 enemy decoy drones disappeared from radar (without negative consequences).

As a result of the enemy attack, there have been reports of damage in the Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions.

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