At night, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with drones: explosions thickened in several areas (photo)

In total, 35 launches were recorded by ShahED-136/131, which attacked waves at different times, from 20:00 on December 20 to 03:30 on December 21. The drones were destroyed within several regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kherson, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, Poltava, Chernihiv and Kirovograd.

Tactical aviation, anti -aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in the reflection of the Russian air attack. According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Ova Sergey Lisak, during the night attack of drones, the Ukrainian air defense destroyed 2 enemy drones in Kryvyi Rih and Dniprovsky districts.

Khmelnytsky regional military administration was also reported about the work of the air defense air defense, where 2 ShahED UAVs were eliminated within the region. In addition, according to available information, civilians, property and objects of critical infrastructure were not injured. Also, a spokeswoman for southern defense forces Natalia Humeniuk said that 13 enemy drones were able to destroy in the Mykolaiv region.

According to preliminary data, another 3 Shahed was beaten in Kherson region and 2 in Vinnytsia region. Humeniuk noted that combat work was "quite tense, because it actually lasted 7 hours with a break for half an hour. " We will remind, on the night of December 20 Ukrainian defenders intercepted 18 out of 19 laud -type drones in Ukraine. In particular, the enemy attacked two anti-aircraft guided missiles from the S-300 SPR from the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation towards Kharkiv region.