AFU shot down 46 enemy drones, 24 were lost locally

According to Ukrinform, the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in Telegram.

“On the night of January 9, 2025 (from 19.30 on January 7), the enemy attacked with 70 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of imitator drones from the directions of Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia. As of 09.00, 46 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were confirmed to have been shot down in Ptava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykaiv regions,” the statement said.

In addition, 24 enemy imitator drones were lost in the area.

It is noted that private houses in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Cherkasy regions were damaged as a result of the fall of downed strike UAVs.

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According to the press service, the air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile tros, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the total combat losses of Russian tros in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 9, 2024 amounted to about 803,100 pele, including 1,430 pele over the past day.