Air Defense Forces Report on the Results of Their Work

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine draws attention to the fact that a new attack by the Russian army began at 7:30 p.m. on January 7.

This time, the aggressor country used 64 “Shahed” attack drones and simulator drones of various types from the directions of Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russia.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in the destruction of enemy targets.

According to the defenders, as of 09:00, 41 “Shahed” UAVs and drones of other types had been successfully shot down in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.

22 enemy drones-simulators were lost in location (without negative consequences), three of them flew towards Russia, one to Belarus. Let's hold the sky! Together — to victory! — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasizes.

Russians attacked Sumy region again

During the night and morning, Russian invaders launched 7 strikes on border territories and settlements of the Sumy region.

As a result of new hostile attacks in the Shostka community, one person was injured, reports Sumy OVA

Shostka community: a VOG was dropped from a UAV (1 explosion). As a result of the shelling, 1 civilian was injured and a private house was damaged, the official statement says.

In addition, the Russians dropped fragmentation grenades from a drone in the Velykypysarivska, Esmanska, and Bilopilska communities. A total of 7 explosions were heard.