The Ukrainian Air Force says that Ukrainian air defenses shot down 52 out of 103 Russian drones.

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KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian air defenses shot down 52 of 103 Russian drones launched overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday.

The army said on Telegram that it had lost track of 44 drones, and another had left the territory of Ukraine for Belarus.

The army did not provide any information about the fate of the remaining drones.

However, they said that in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Kiev regions, private businesses and residential buildings were damaged by the Russian attack.

© Reuters. A drone view shows damaged and destroyed residential and administrative buildings due to ongoing Russian military strikes, amid the Russian attack on Ukraine, in the town of Turetsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on December 19, 2024. The Unified Brigade

The army added, “Initially, there were no casualties.”

Local authorities said that debris from one of the downed drones fell on the roof of a multi-storey building in the Kiev region, causing a fire.





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