Ukraine says it shot down 76 of 188 Russian drones

 

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Nov. 25, 2024, a rescue worker puts out a fire of a burned car in the yard of an apartment building damaged by a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it shot down 76 Russian drones in overnight attacks that targeted areas across the country and damaged critical infrastructure facilities.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 188 total drones, along with four missiles, in the latest daily aerial assault, and that there was also damage to apartment buildings in several regions.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down drones in the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia and Zhytomyr regions.

Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk, said on Telegram that one drone hit the center of Nikopol.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it shot down 39 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight.

Most of the drones were shot down over the Rostov region, with other intercepts taking place over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Voronezh and Russia-occupied Crimea.

Officials in Rostov, Bryansk and Voronezh said on Telegram there were no reports of damage or casualties from the attacks.

By：VOA