Russia launched over 140 drones over Ukraine. How many did the air defense shoot down
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:01:00 +0200
Air defense forces shot down almost a hundred Russian dronesAccording to the military, the attack began on January 19 at 700 PM and lasted until the morning.The enemy used Shahedtype strike drones and other simulator drones launched from the following directions Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, and PrimorskoAkhtarsk.In addition, the Russian military launched an IskanderM ballistic missile strike from the territory of the Kursk region on the Sumy region.The air attack was repelled by aviation, antiaircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 0800, the shooting down of 93 Shahed attack drones and other types of drones in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Donetsk regions was confirmed.Another 47 enemy dronessimulators were lost in location without negative consequences, two of them flew back to Russia.Russia shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region with Grad missilesOn the night of January 20, Russian troops shelled the Nikopol community with Grad multiple rocket launchers.
The enemy also attacked the Marhanets and Pokrovska communities.According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak, an industrial enterprise, a gymnasium building, four multistory buildings, and a power line were damaged as a result of enemy shelling.According to preliminary data, there are no casualties.In addition, the head of the OVA reported that last night, units of the East Air Command destroyed four enemy drones over the region.
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