Overnight, air defense destroys 28 attack drones, two missiles, two Russian jet fighters

25.12.2023 09:45

Ukrinform

The Defense Forces destroyed 28 Shahed attack UAVs, an Kh-59 guided missile, an Kh-31P anti-radar missile, and two enemy fighters in the Ukrainian sky.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

At night on December 25, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 31 Shahed-type attack UAVs from the areas of Chauda, Balaklava (temporarily occupied Crimea) and two aircraft missiles.

As a result of the air combat, the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces destroyed 28 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs in the Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytskyi regions.

During the air attack, the enemy also used an Kh-59 guided missile in the Zaporizhzhia direction and an Kh-31P anti-aircraft missile from the Black Sea.

Both missiles were destroyed.

The Air Force's anti-aircraft missile units also destroyed two enemy aircraft: Su-34 in the Donetsk region (reported on the evening of December 24) and Su-30SM over the Black Sea.

As reported, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated another 760 Russian invaders.