Air defense shoots down 47 of 72 enemy UAVs, 24 drones lost locally – Air Force

09:12, 02.01.2025 1 min read

On the night of January 2 (from 19:00 on January 1), the enemy attacked with 72 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones from the directions of Bryansk, Orel, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), the Ukrainian Air Force reports.

"As of 08:30, the downing of 47 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones has been confirmed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions," the summary states.

It is also noted that "due to active counteraction by the Defense Forces, 24 enemy drone imitators were locally lost (without negative consequences). One UAV was in the air."

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.