Ukrainian forces shoot down 70 enemy drones, another 74 lost from tracking

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

Starting at 19:30 on Saturday, February 8, Russian tros attacked Ukraine with 151 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones launched from Russia’s Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

Ukraine’s anti-aircraft missile tros, EW units, and mobile fire groups repelled that enemy air attack.

As of 09:00 on Sunday, February 9, 70 drones were confirmed downed in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ptava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Vyn, Mykaiv, Kherson, and Odesa regions.

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As many as 74 enemy decoy drones disappeared from radar (without negative consequences).

As a result of the enemy attack, there have been reports of damage in the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipretrovsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Vyn regions.