Ukrainian air defences shoot down 28 out of 74 UAVs launched by Russia overnight, rest disappeared from radar

Ukrainian air defence units shot down 28 Russian UAVs over Ukraine on the night of 7-8 December. A further 46 drones disappeared from radar. Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: The Ukrainian military noted that the Russians had launched UAVs from the Russian cities of Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

Air defence units were responding to Russian-launched aerial assets in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

Background: On the night of 7-8 December, Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones and heavy artillery, leaving one person injured and causing significant damage to infrastructure.

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