On the night of January 27, the Russian occupiers launched an attack on Ukraine using 104 Shahed strike drones and simulator drones. Ukrainian forces managed to destroy 57 drones, and another 39 were lost in the field without any negative consequences.
Points of attention
- Russian aggression continues: on January 27, the Russian Federation launched an attack on Ukraine using 104 drones.
- Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down 57 strike drones and 39 simulators without any negative consequences.
- Infrastructure suffered as a result of the attack: houses and industrial facilities were damaged in various regions of the country.
- The attack was launched from Russian territory and occupied Crimea, but Ukrainian forces successfully repelled the attack.
- The Ukrainian Air Force and hardened units worthily repelled the Russian attack and inflicted significant losses on the enemy.
The Air Force revealed details of the Russian attack on Ukraine
According to the military, as of 9:00 a.m., the destruction of 57 Shahed attack drones and other drones in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions has been confirmed.
"39 enemy drones-simulators were lost in location without negative consequences."
The Russian strike damaged infrastructure facilities, apartment buildings, and private homes in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Kyiv regions.
The attack was carried out from Russian territory — from the directions of Orel, Kursk, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from Cape Chauda in temporarily occupied Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
Infrastructure and high-rise buildings in Dnipro damaged by Russian attack
According to the head of the region, in the evening and at night, units of the Vostok Military District destroyed 13 drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
However, the enemy attack did not pass without consequences. Infrastructure was damaged in the Samarivskyi district. A fire broke out. Three private houses and an outbuilding were also damaged. Three high-rise buildings were damaged in Dnipro. One of them caught fire, which was extinguished by rescuers.
The invaders hit the Nikopol district with Grad MLRS and heavy artillery. According to Lysak, the invaders targeted the district center and the Marhanets community, resulting in destruction on the territory of an industrial enterprise.
