The Russian Armed Forces launched more than 100 UAVs over Ukraine. The Air Force said how many were shot down

On the night of December 22, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 103 Shahed type UAVs. The launch of an “Iskander-M” ballistic missile from Crimea in the direction of Kherson Oblast was also recorded, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.

“As of 10:00 a.m., the downing of 52 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of other types has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhia regions,” the message reads.

According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, due to the active opposition of the Defense Forces, 44 simulator drones were lost in location (without negative consequences), one UAV flew in the direction of Belarus.

It is reported that in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr, and Kyiv regions, private businesses, apartment buildings, and citizens’ property were damaged by the Russian attack, with no victims previously.

Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that over the past week, Russian troops used more than 550 guided aerial bombs, almost 550 unmanned aerial vehicles and 20 missiles to attack Ukraine.

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.

Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are targeted.