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Air defence forces down 21 Russian Shahed drones overnight

Air defences were operating in Kharkiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Odesa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Regions. 

Air defence forces down 21 Russian Shahed drones overnight
Mobile fire group
Photo: General Staff

On 30 December, Russia attacked Ukraine with 43 Shahed attack drones and other types of drones from Prymorsko-Akhtarsk, the Ukrainian Air Force has reported.

"As a result of combat operations, units of anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and mobile fire groups shot down 21 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of imitator drones," the statement said.

Air defence systems were operating in Kharkiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Odesa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Regions. 

22 Russian decoy drones were lost without any negative consequences. 

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