Defense Forces shoot down 67 out of 134 enemy UAVs, another 47 lost in location

14:02, 23.04.2025 1 min read

The Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 67 Shahed-type strike drones on the night of April 23, the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

"As of 09:30, the shooting down of 67 Shahed-type strike UAVs [drones of other types] in the east, north, south and center of the country was confirmed. Some 47 enemy imitator drones – lost in location [without negative consequences]," the message on the Telegram channel states.

In total, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 134 strike UAVs and other types of simulator drones.

"On the night of April 23, 2025 [from 21:30 on April 22], the enemy attacked with 134 strike UAVs [other types of simulator drones] - launch areas: Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia, and Chauda, ​​Hvardiyske - Crimea," the Air Force reported.

The enemy's air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare equipment and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As a result of the enemy attack, Kharkiv, Poltava, Donetsk, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions suffered.