“72 out of 131 enemy drones were shot down in 16 regions of Ukraine At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 131 “Shahed” drones and 4 “Iskander-M” missiles. Air defense forces destroyed 72 enemy UAVs, damaged buildings in Poltava and Cherkasy regions.”, — write on: unn.ua
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According to the information of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the night of January 21 (from 20:00 on January 20), the enemy attacked the 131st attack UAV of the “Shahed” type and various types of simulator drones from the directions: Millerovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russian Federation, and also used 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region.
The air attack was repulsed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 09:00, the downing of 72 “Shahed” type UAVs and drones of other types in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia and Rivne have been confirmed regions 59 enemy imitator drones – lost in location (without negative consequences)
“In the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, institutions, commercial buildings, and private houses were damaged. Special services are eliminating the consequences, so far there have been no victims or victims,” the message states.