Air Force: Ukraine downs 28 Russian drones, 2 missiles overnight.

Ukraine's military shot down 28 out of 31 Shahed drones and two missiles launched by Russia overnight on Dec.

25, the Air Force wrote. The drones were reportedly destroyed in Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts. The Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration reported that one of the drones had been downed over the western region, but there were no casualties or damage.

Authorities in the other five regions haven't reported on the consequences of the overnight attack. Apart from the kamikaze drones, Russia used a Kh-59 missile in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and fired a Kh-31P anti-radar missile from the Black Sea, according to the Air Force. The Air Force also confirmed the downing of a Russian Su-30 fighter jet over the Black Sea on Dec.

24. It was unclear earlier if the Ukrainian attack on the aircraft had been successful. On the same day, Ukrainian forces also downed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber jet near the occupied Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Dec.

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