At night, the troops of the Russian Federation attacked with 92 drones, 57 of them were shot down by the Air Force

On the night of January 23, the Russian military attacked Ukraine with 92 Shahed attack drones and simulator drones of various types from the following directions: Millerov, Orla, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

“As of 09:30, the downing of 57 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of other types in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions has been confirmed. 27 enemy imitator drones – lost in location (without negative consequences). Three UAVs are in the air – combat work is ongoing,” the message reads.

In addition, according to the Air Force, Russian forces fired four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation at the city of Zaporizhzhia.

“Unfortunately, as a result of the enemy strike with ballistic missiles on the city of Zaporizhzhia, there are dead and injured, destroyed and damaged enterprises, institutions, apartment buildings and private houses. Special services eliminate the consequences, victims are provided with assistance. Kharkiv Oblast also suffered due to the fall of downed enemy UAVs,” the Armed Forces added.

The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.

The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.