AFU shoot down Russian drone near Mykolaiv port 

The South Air Command of Ukraine reported the information on Facebook.

"In the Mykolaiv region, the enemy continues to conduct aerial reconnaissance using unmanned aerial vehicles, and the units of the South Air Command destroy them," the command writes.

At about 09:00 a.m., on the approach from the sea to the port of Ochakiv, Ukrainian air defense forces eliminated a Russian strike-reconnaissance drone of the operational-tactical level.

Ukrainian soldiers shot down a similar UAV on January 7.

• On January 8, a metal-rolling plant was burning in occupied Donetsk, where the Russian military deployed repair and maintenance points for its damaged equipment.  
• Since launching the full-scale war on Ukraine, Russia has lost more than 111,700 soldiers, 6,147 armored vehicles, 3,080 tanks, 1,856 drones and 275 helicopters