34 enemy UAVs shot down last night, 18 lost locally
The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 34 enemy drones out of 55 that attacked Ukraine last night, and 18 UAVs were lost locally, the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
"On the night of January 16, 2025 (from 20:00 on January 15), the enemy attacked with 55 Shahed-type strike UAVs and drone imitators of various types from the directions of Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia," the press service said in a message on Telegram on Thursday.
It is reported that as of 09:00, 34 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones have been shot down in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv regions. A total of 18 enemy drone imitators were locally lost (without negative consequences).
It is noted that several UAVs hit a farm in Chernihiv region, and private houses in Kharkiv and Poltava regions were damaged as a result of the fall of downed enemy drones.
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.