A total of 72 enemy UAVs were shot down, 59 were locally lost during the night on Tuesday, the Air Force reported on Telegram.

"On the night of January 21, 2025 (from 20:00 on January 20), the enemy attacked with 131 Shahed-type strike UAVs and drone imitators of various types from the directions: Millerovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia, and also used four Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Voronezh region," the Armed Forces said in a statement.

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

"As of 9:00, the downing of 72 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones has been confirmed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia and Rivne regions," the Air Force concludes.

Some 59 enemy drone imitators were locally lost (without negative consequences).

Institutions, outbuildings and private houses were damaged in Poltava and Cherkasy regions. Special services are eliminating the consequences. Preliminary - no victims or injured.