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Ukrainian air defence downs 45 Russian drones on New Year's night

Thirty-two of them were shot down on 1 January.

Ukrainian air defence downs 45 Russian drones on New Year's night
Photo: Air Force Command

Russia attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made strike drones Shahed-131/136 on New Year's Eve.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, air defence and other Defence Forces units downed 45 drones.

Thirteen drones were shot down on 31 December and 32 on 1 January.

The Kyiv city military administration said that 32 targets were downed in the airspace of Kyiv and adjacent areas. In Kyiv Region, the debris of a Russian drone fell on a children's workout playground. "Happy New Year" was written in Russian on its wing.

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