The Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with rockets and shahd: explosions thickened in several areas (photo)

According to command, the defenders of the sky were able to destroy the majority of UAVs. The drones were launched from the territory of the occupied Crimea. On the night of December 20, Ukrainian defenders intercepted 18 out of 19 shock drones of Shahd. This was reported in the Press Center of the Armed Forces. According to the command, the drones launched from the occupied Crimea - Cape Chaud and Balaklava.

In total, 19 launches were recorded, drones were destroyed within several regions of Ukraine: Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kirovograd. In addition, the enemy attacked two anti-aircraft guided missiles from the S-300 SPR from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation towards Kharkiv region. According to preliminary information, it was without the victims.

According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Ova Sergey Lisak, during the night attack of drones, the Ukrainian air defense destroyed one of the "Shahmed" in the sky above the Kryvyi Rih district. The Kyiv City Military Administration also reported the work of the air defense. According to KMVA, it was a fifth attack on Kiev and the second in a row. "All hostile drones were struck in Kiev by the forces and means of air defense," the KMVA reports.

Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov reported at least two "arrivals" on "one of the most affected areas of Kharkiv". In addition, according to the mayor, the strikes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were also on the transport depot. "Night rocket strikes have fallen into the territory of one of the transport depots, where there is no living place from hostile shelling. It is a purely civilian object," Terekhov said.