Ukrainian forces down 51 Russian drones overnight

05.04.2025 10:12

Ukrinform

Ukraine's air defense forces shot down 51 Russian drones on the night of April 4-5, while another 31 enemy UAVs vanished from radars and failed to reach their targets.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

From 21:00 on Friday, April 4, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine with 92 Shahed strike drones and various types of decoy drones launched from Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsk-Akhtarsk, and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea).

Ukrainian aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire teams of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the air assault.

As of 09:00, 51 drones have been confirmed shot down in the northern, southern, eastern, and central parts of Ukraine.

Another 31 enemy decoy drones disappeared from radars, without causing negative consequences.

The consequences of the Russian attack have been recorded in the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, and Zhytomyr regions.