December 22, 2024
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Air defense shot down 45 Russian drones, the other 40 did not reach their targets – Air Force

On the night of December 19, the Russians struck Ukraine with two “Iskander-M” ballistic missiles, a Kh-59/69 guided air missile and 85 “Shahed” type UAVs and other types of drones; no drone hit the target.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua

On the night of December 19, the Russians struck Ukraine with two “Iskander-M” ballistic missiles, an X-59/69 guided air missile and 85 “Shahed” type UAVs and other types of drones; no drone hit the target.

Source: Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Telegram

Verbatim PS: “As of 8:30 a.m., the downing of 45 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of UAVs in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions has been confirmed.

As a result of active countermeasures by the Defense Forces, 40 enemy drone simulators were lost in location (without negative consequences).”

Details: As a result of the rocket attack, private, apartment buildings and municipal property were damaged in Sumy Oblast and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Previously, there were no victims or victims.

“No UAV hits were recorded, no information about destruction or casualties was received,” the PS emphasized.

It is reported that the Russians launched “Iskanders” from the temporarily occupied Crimea and the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, the X-59/69 missile from the airspace of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, and the drones from the regions of the Russian cities of Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Orel.

The air attack was repulsed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Prehistory:

  • In the evening of December 18, the Russian army launched attack drones over Ukraine.

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