Ukrainian air defence downs 41 drones in 9 oblasts of Ukraine on 8 January

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 64 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 7-8 January. Air defence forces shot down 41 Russian drones.

Source: Air Force Command

Details: The drones were reportedly launched from Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

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

As of 09:00, 41 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were downed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad oblasts.

A total of 22 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar (causing no adverse effects), 3 of which flew towards Russia and 1 towards Belarus.

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