Monday10 February 2025
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Russians launched an attack on Ukraine using 61 drones, with the majority intercepted by air defense systems.

On the night of January 19, 2025, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using 61 strike drones of the Shahed type, along with various types of decoy drones. A total of 43 of these UAVs were successfully intercepted.

This was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The drones were launched from the regions of Millerovo, Bryansk, and Oryol, which are located in Russia.

The air assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces, and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As of 9:00 AM, the downing of 43 "Shaheds" and drones of other types has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions.

Additionally, 15 enemy mimic drones have been lost in terms of location (without negative consequences). However, one is still in the air, and combat operations are ongoing.