Ukrainian air defense destroys 4 out of 7 Russian UAVs at night

The Ukrainian Air Force reports.

"On the night of January 20, 2024, the invaders attacked with 7 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region of the Russian Federation and 3 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region in Donetsk regions," the statement reads.

It is noted that mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed 4 Russian drones. Three more did not reach their targets.

The air defense was operating within the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy and Khmelnytskyi regions. 

• On the evening of Friday, January 19, Russian troops launched Shahed UAVs to attack Ukraine. On the night of January 20, they were moving in several groups over the territory of Ukraine.