The Ukraine armed forces denounced on Monday the launch of More than a hundred drones by Russia against its territory, of which More than 55 were shot down for its air defense systems, in the middle of the war unleashed in February 2022. Four regions were especially affected.
The Ukrainian Air Force indicated in a statement published on Telegram that the Russian Army launched 104 drones kamikaze Between Sunday night and Monday morning against the provinces of kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Járkov, Jmelnitski, Mikolaiv, Poltava, Sumi, Vinitsia and Yítomir.
“On the night of January 27, 2025 (from 8:00 p.m. on January 26), the enemy attacked with 104 unmanned aerial vehicles of the “shahed” type and simulative drones of various types from the addresses“, accurate.
“The air attack was rejected by aviationlas Antiaceous missile forceslas Electronic War Unitslos Mobile Fire Groups of the Air Force and the Ukraine Defense Forces“he added. In total, 57 drones were shot downwhile 39 “Without negative consequences” were lost “since they failed to hit their goals. Although material damage in the kyiv, DNIPROPETROVSK, Ivano-Frankivsk and Sumi regions were recorded, there were no victims.
Ivano-Frankivsk governor, Svetlana Onishchuksaid that among the goals achieved by the Russian drones there were “Critical Infrastructure Facilities”. “We thank the air defense systems for their protection and all those that are involved in the elimination of the consequences of enemy attacks,” he said, before asking the population that “does not ignore aerial alerts and take care of their own security. “
For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry has estimated a message in Telegram in More than 30 Ukrainian drones intercepted by Russian defense systemsincluding 15 on the Voronezh region, eleven in Belgorod, four in Kursk and one in Oriol and Tver, without ruling out possible material or victims.
