Russia launched 72 Shaheds against Ukraine: private enterprises damaged.
Another attack on Ukraine by drones
According to the Air Force, from 10:00 on December 22 to 09:00 on December 23, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 72 strike drones, including Shahed and other types of UAVs.
The drones were launched from the cities of Bryansk and Orel.
Ukraine had to repel the attack with anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force, and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 09:00, the destruction of 47 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and drones of other types in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions has been confirmed, the message says.
In addition, 25 drones were lost in the area due to active resistance from the Ukrainian Defense Forces, but this has negative consequences.
As a result of the Russian attack, private enterprises and citizens' houses were damaged in Khmelnytskyi and Kyiv regions. Official reports of casualties are currently absent, but assistance is being provided to all affected.
Moreover, it was previously reported that a warehouse containing parts for Shahed-136 drones, used by the aggressor to attack Ukraine, exploded in the economic zone of Alabuga in Russia.
The total value of the destroyed components is $16 million. The warehouse contained 65 fuselages of strike drones, as well as engines, navigation systems, thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of Shahed-136, which were completely burned.
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