Antonina Dolomanzhi08:43, 01.01.23
13 of them were shot down in 2022, and the remaining 32 in 2023.
On New Year’s Eve, the air defense forces of Ukraine destroyed 45 enemy Shahedin .
About it reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“On the night of December 31 to January 1, 2022, 2023, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-131/136,” the report says.
It is noted that as a result of the combat work of the air defense of the Air Force in cooperation with the air defense of other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, 45 attack drones were destroyed.
“13 – in 2022 and 32 – in 2023. The Ukrainians did not manage to spoil the holiday,” the military emphasized.
Russian attack on Ukraine on New Year’s Eve
On the afternoon of December 31, 2022, Russia carried out another missile attack on Ukraine.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny that the enemy launched more than 20 cruise missiles, 12 of them were shot down.
As a result of the attack on Nikolaev, seven people were injured .
Explosions were also heard in Kyiv. The mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko , said that as a result of the Russian attack on civilian facilities in the capital, one person died and 20 were injured. 14 people were hospitalized, six doctors provided assistance on the spot.
After a massive missile strike during the day, Russia launched kamikaze drones into Ukraine. On the evening of December 31, a few hours before the New Year, the Russian Federation attacked the south of Ukraine with kamikaze drones. It was reported that two groups of “Shaheds” flew in.
And on the night of January 1, 2023, an air alert was announced throughout Ukraine. The head of the Kyiv regional military administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, reported that air defense was working in the Kiev region. At the same time, the mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko , stressed that the explosions in the capital are the consequences of the air defense.
(C)UNIAN 2023