Over 60 drones attacked Ukraine at night: here's how the air defense system responded.

On the night of January 8, the Russian Federation launched 64 Shahed-type drones over the territory of Ukraine. The air defense managed to shoot down 41 enemy drones.

This information was reported by RBK-Ukraine citing the Air Forces.

According to the Air Forces, from 7:30 PM on January 7 to 9:00 AM on January 8, the enemy attacked Ukraine with 64 Shahed-type strike drones and imitation drones. The Russians launched the drones from various locations including Oryol, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

The air assault was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces, and Ukraine's Defense Forces.

As of 9:00 AM, the downing of the 41st Shahed-type strike UAV and other types of drones has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kirovohrad regions.

Additionally, 22 enemy imitation drones were locally lost without negative consequences; three of them headed towards Russia, and one went to Belarus.

Night Attack Using Drones

This night, reports were made about air defense operations in the Kyiv region.

Previously, on the evening of January 7, the Russians launched strike drones, particularly of the "Shahed" type, towards Ukraine. Due to the threat of kamikaze drones, air alerts were declared in several regions.