Ukraine’s Defense Forces down 61 Russian drones, 22 lost from radar

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Telegram, as per Ukrinform.

Starting 21:00 on February 9, the Russian forces launched 83 strike UAVs, including Shahed drones and various decoy drones, from multiple locations, such as: Kursk, Ory, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk

Ukrainian aviation, air defense missile units, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups repelled the attack.

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By 9:00 on February 10, 61 enemy drones had been confirmed destroyed across Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ptava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipretrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykaiv, and Kherson regions.

As many as 22 Russian decoy drones were lost from radar causing no damage.

Russian attacks caused damage in Sumy, Kharkiv, Ptava, and Kirovohrad regions.

As reported by Ukrinform, in Ptava region, drone debris damaged buildings in a residential coerative.