During the Russian attack on Ukraine on January 21, Ukrainian defenders shot down 72 Russian drones.
This is stated in the message of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Attack on Ukraine on January 21
On the night of January 21, 2025 (from 20:00 on January 20), Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with 131 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and drone imitators of various types.
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This night, the enemy launched drones at the territory of Ukraine from the directions of Millerovo, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — RF.
The Russian invaders also used 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the air attack.
As of 9:00 the downing of 72 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones has been confirmed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkov, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhitomir, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Nikolaev, Odessa, Zaporizhia and Rivne regions.
In addition, 59 enemy drone imitators — locally lost (without negative consequences).
According to the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of the enemy attack in the Poltava and Cherkasy regions, institutions, outbuildings, and private houses were damaged.
Special services are eliminating the consequences, there were no casualties or injured.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 1,063 days.
You can monitor the situation in Ukraine on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine cities.
