The Russians attacked Ukraine with 141 drones on the night of 19-20 January. Ukraine’s air defence has downed 93 drones, meanwhile 47 decoys disappeared from radar, including two that returned to the Russia-controlled territory.

Source : Ukraine’s Air Force

Details : Starting at 19:00 on 19 January, the Russians launched 141 Shahed attack UAVs and decoys of various types from five directions: Millerovo, Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia). They also fired an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Kursk Oblast targeting Sumy Oblast.

Aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups from Ukraine’s Air Force and the reset of the defence forces were involved in repelling the attack.

As of 08:00, the Air Force confirmed the downing of 93 Shahed attack drones and UAVs of other types within Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Donetsk oblasts.

Out of 47 Russian decoy drones that disappeared from radar (without causing any aftermath), two returned to Russian territory.

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