Ukrainian air defenses shot down 67 out of 139 Russian UAVs, 71 drones lost locally

The Ukrainian Air Force informs.

 It is reported that the drone attack came from the following directions: Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Bryansk, and Shatalovo in the Russian Federation. 

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defense Forces repelled the air attack.

“As of 9:00 a.m., 67 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were confirmed to have been shot down in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Donetsk and Odesa regions,” the Air Force said.

They added that 71 Russian imitator drones were lost locally, without negative consequences. 

• On the evening of Friday, February 7, Russian invaders launched attack drones to shell Ukraine. Air defense systems were deployed in Kyiv and the region. In Sumy, a Russian drone hit a private house and started a fire.