Ukraine successfully fends off nighttime assault by 61 Russian drones and two missiles.
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Đondon (Ukraine), Jan 25 (EFE) - Nightlong, two Russian missiles and 61 drones, including Iranian-replica drones known as 'Shaheds' and copycat drones, rain down upon Ukraine. As per the nation's Air Force, this was the reality yesterday.
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Russia has been continuously employing copycat drones to complicate Ukraine's aerial defense, making it difficult to repel attacks and wasting precious ammunition.
At least 46 drones and two X-59/69 missiles were brought down by air defenses across 11 regions, the Air Force informed the public during their Saturday morning briefing.
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The fallen drones caused damage to several buildings and vehicles in Kiev, Cherkasy, and Khmelnytskyi regions. Notably, a recently built, nine-story residential building in Vyshneve, Kiev region, sustained damage. Despite the incident, five residents, including two children, were safely rescued, with no injuries or fatalities as most apartments were vacant at the time.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his Friday night address, underscored that every 'Shahed' and each Russian missile is assembled using foreign components that are crucial to Russian terrorism persisting in Ukraine.
Zelensky repeatedly emphasized the need for immediate measures aimed at curtailing the supply of essential parts such as chips, switches, and transceivers to Russia.
During the night attack, 15 copycat drones disappeared from radars without causing damage, as per the Air Force's report.
Russian aggression did not cease there, as Russia continued bombing frontline and border regions of Ukraine. The city of Kherson bore the brunt of this, as a school there was hit, according to the city's mayor, Roman Mrochko. Another civilian, a 36-year-old man, was hurt in a different Russian drone attack in the same city on Saturday.
On Friday, at least seven civilians sustained injuries in the Kherson region, owing to drone attacks, explosives, artillery, and aviation attacks, local authorities reported.
One civilian was injured in the besieged city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, according to local authorities, while no casualties were reported in the regions of Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Sumy that were also targeted by Russia. EFE
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- President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine emphasized that the foreign components used in Russian missiles and Iranian-replica drones, like microelectronics, antennas, and off-the-shelf commercial parts, are vital to Russian terrorism persisting in Ukraine.
- By scrutinizing the export of chips, microelectronics, and other critical parts to Russia, global supply chains can be protected and Russia's ability to manufacture and maintain Shahed drones and missiles can be significantly impacted.
- Ukraine is developing anti-drone technologies, such as new drones designed to intercept Russian Shahed drones, to counter swarm attacks and increase the cost for Russia to sustain its strategy.
- Collaborating with countries like China and India to strengthen international controls on the export of drone components, electronic warfare components, and chips can restrict the availability of these critical parts for Russia and Iran, thus weakening their respective operations.
