On the night of December 25, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Shahed kamikaze drones and two air missiles. Air defense forces managed to shoot down almost all targets. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said they had destroyed two Russian fighters.
It is noted that the enemy attacked with 31 Shahed-type attack UAVs from the areas of Chauda, Balaklava (Crimea) and two air missiles.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 28 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze attack drones within Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and Khmelnytskyi regions.
During the air attack, the enemy also used an X-59 guided missile in the Zaporizhzhia direction and an X-31P anti-aircraft missile from the Black Sea. Both were destroyed.
Anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force also destroyed two aircraft: one Su-34 in Donetsk region (reported in the evening) and one Su-30SM over the Black Sea.





