“Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and UAVs at night: air defense forces shot down 57 out of 113 drones, the rest did not reach their targets December 21, 09:07 Share: Shooting down the Shaheds (Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko) On the night of Saturday, December 21, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 113 Shahed attack drones and drones of other types, as well as anti-aircraft guided missile S-400. Air defense forces managed to shoot down 57 drones.”, — write on: ua.news
Beating down the Shaheds (Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Telegram.
It is noted that the Russian Federation launched the S-400 missile from the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region in the direction of Poltava region, and the drones were launched from the directions of Bryansk, Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, the Russian Federation, and the temporarily occupied Berdyansk of the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine.
Air Defense Forces worked in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Due to the active opposition of the Defense Forces, 56 enemy drone simulators were lost in location. They did not cause any negative consequences for Ukraine.
In addition, in the Zaporizhia and Kharkiv regions, downed attack UAVs damaged private and apartment buildings, property and cars of citizens, the victims are provided with assistance.
In the evening of December 20, Russia began attacking Ukraine with attack UAVs. As a result of the impact on Kharkiv, a high-rise building was hit.