On the night of 4 January, Russia attacked Ukraine with 81 Shahed strike UAVs and various types of imitation drones from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
As of 09.00, the destruction of 34 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Mykolayiv Regions was confirmed.
Due to active countermeasures by the Ukrainian Air Force, 47 Russian decoy drones were lost locally (without negative consequences).
At the same time, the wreckage of the downed UAVs caused damage in Chernihiv and Sumy Regions - private houses were damaged. The victims are being helped.