Overnight, 57 Russian drones were shot down over Ukraine, and the aggressor launched ballistic missiles

On the night of January 23, the aggressor country Russia attacked Ukraine with almost a hundred attack drones, and on Thursday morning - with ballistic missiles. The defenders of the sky shot down 57 UAVs, and more than two dozen more were lost locally.

Enemy drone and missile strikes caused damage and casualties in Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that the attack was repelled.

It is noted that since 19:00 yesterday, the aggressor has launched 92 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other drones, including imitators from the directions of Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia). In addition, the occupiers used four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation.

The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine. As of 09:30, 57 enemy drones were confirmed to have been shot down in eight regions: Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.

Another 27 imitator UAVs were locally lost without any negative consequences, and three were still in the air, so combat operations continued.

Air defense units shot down seven Shaheds in the sky over Sumy region, and one was destroyed over Cherkasy region.

In the evening of January 22, at least five enemy drones hit Zaporizhzhia, causing a fire, but no casualties. In the morning of January 23, Russia hit Zaporizhzhia with four ballistic missiles, killing a man. The attack hit a power facility in the city , destroyed a high-rise building and damaged dozens of houses. Dozens of people were injured in the attack, including a two-month-old baby, rescuers and power workers.

The Kharkiv region was also affected by the fall of downed enemy UAVs: at about 05:40 on Thursday, Shaheds hit an open area near the village of Lytvynove in the Zolochiv community, damaging a power line.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, on the night of January 22, the Defense Forces shot down 65 drones out of 99 launched by the Russians, and another 30 UAVs did not reach their targets. As a result of the enemy attack, institutions, industrial enterprises, outbuildings, private and apartment buildings in six regions were damaged.

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