Air Force shoots down 72 Russian "shaheeds" during new Russian attack
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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 09:01:00 +0200
Massive Russian attack on Ukraine air defense forces destroy 72 enemy dronesAccording to the military, on the night of January 21, the Russian army carried out a massive attack on Ukraine, launching 131 attack drones from the directions of Millerovo, Orel, and PrimorskoAkhtarsk in the Russian Federation.In addition, the occupiers struck with four Iskander ballistic missiles launched from the Voronezh region.Ukrainian air defense was able to shoot down 72 enemy drones, and another 59 drones lost location communication and did not reach their targets.
As a result of enemy strikes in Poltava and Cherkasy regions, infrastructure facilities, outbuildings, and private homes were damaged.
Special services are working to eliminate the consequences.
According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured.
Enemy targets were shot down in the following regions of UkrainePoltava,Sumy,Kharkiv,Cherkasy,Chernihiv,Kyiv,Zhytomyr,Khmelnytskyi,Vinnytsia,Kirovohrad,Dnipropetrovsk,Donetsk,Mykolaivska,Odesa,Zaporizhzhia,Rivne.The attack was repelled by aviation, antiaircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.What are the consequences of the Russian attack on UkraineAccording to preliminary data, 7 enemy drones were destroyed in Cherkasy region.
There were no casualties.
However, damage to infrastructure was recorded.In particular, in the Zvenigorod region, the windows of four residential buildings, an educational institution, a shop and a nonresidential building, as well as a power line, were damaged by the fragments of the Shaheda.The Oblenergo emergency crew is already working on site.A fire broke out in the Kremenchuk community of Poltava region after an enemy drone crashed into a private house.
Rescuers were called in to extinguish the fire.Also, 6 residential buildings, 3 outbuildings, 3 garages, and 8 cars were damaged by drone debris.A power line has been damaged.
87 consumers remain without power.
Repair crews are currently working to restore power.
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