On the night of December 4, Russia attacked Ukraine with 50 drones and an X-59/69 missile. Air defense destroyed 29 UAVs over nine regions, 18 drones were lost in location.

Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed 29 out of 50 drones launched by the Russian army in the night of December 4, according to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as reported by UNN.

Details

According to the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the night of December 4 (from 8 pm on December 3), the enemy attacked with an X-59/69 guided air-to-surface missile from the airspace of the Kursk region and 50 Shahed-type strike UAVs and other types of drones (launch areas – Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Oryol, Millerovo – Russia).

As of 9 am, the air defense missile forces, electronic warfare, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 29 enemy UAVs in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Khmilnytskyi, Ternopil, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk regions

– according to the report of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is noted that 18 drones were lost in location, and 1 went out of the controlled airspace towards the temporarily occupied territory.

Supplement

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on December 3 about the expectation of new air defense systems from partners in December and January. Germany will transfer the sixth IRIS-T system, as well as Patriot and Gepard launchers.