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Massive Drone Attack: Over 80 Shot Down, but Strikes and Casualties Reported

Stanislav Sereda
Stanislav Sereda Journalist
Massive Drone Attack: Over 80 Shot Down, but Strikes and Casualties Reported
photo of drones: zn.ua
During the night of December 3, Russia carried out its most massive drone attack in recent months. Out of 111 unmanned aerial vehicles launched, Ukraine’s air-defense forces intercepted 83, while 27 drones struck targets in 13 locations, causing destruction and civilian casualties.

During the night of December 3, Russian forces launched a massive strike using 111 attack drones, including Shahed-type UAVs, “Herbera” drones, and several other models. More than 60 of them were Shaheds.

According to the Air Force Command of Ukraine, as of 8:00 a.m., Ukrainian air-defense units intercepted or suppressed 83 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles across the northern, southern, and eastern regions of the country.

Despite the efforts of Ukraine’s air defenses, 27 attack drones hit targets in 13 locations, and in one additional area debris from downed UAVs was recorded.

The heaviest damage occurred to civilian infrastructure and private homes in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Odesa regions. Civilian casualties have been reported.

The attack was repelled by units of the Ukrainian Air Defense Missile Forces, mobile fire groups, as well as electronic warfare units and operators of unmanned systems of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

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