On the night of January 18 (from 6:30 PM on January 17), the Russian forces launched 201 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera types, and other drones from the following directions: Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia; Chauda – occupied territory of Crimea; Donetsk – occupied territories of Ukraine, with about 120 of them being Shahed drones.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and drone units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
Preliminary data as of 8:00 AM indicate that air defense systems shot down or suppressed 167 UAVs, including Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones.
There were confirmed hits by 30 strike UAVs at 15 locations, and wreckage from downed drones fell in two locations.
