In the

Poltava region

, on the night of December 19, one of the enemy "Shakheds" was shot down, with which the Russians tried to attack Kyiv and the region.

This was announced by the head of the Kremenchug district military administration, Oleg Lednik, at a briefing today.

According to him, the drones flew over the Poltava region, so the Air Defense Forces managed to shoot down one of the Shaheds launched by the Russian occupation forces over the region at night.

In general, according to the General Staff, about 35 drones were discovered, of which the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 30.

Units of anti-aircraft missile forces, fighter aircraft and mobile fire groups are involved in the combat work.

As for power outages in Poltava Oblast, Lednik says that the situation gradually leveled off and by the morning of December 19, in some places, the hourly outage schedule had already returned.

"On the weekend, in some communities of the district, the lights were almost not turned off. The schedule is adjusted depending on the capacity allocated to the Poltava region by the NEC Elektroenergo," said the official.

Note that after the December 19 terrorist attack in Poltava Region, as well as in 9 other regions and Kyiv, emergency power outage schedules were applied.

We will remind, on the night of December 19, when St. Nicholas Day is celebrated, Russia

attacked Kyiv and the region with drones.

During the air alert

, 23 enemy UAVs were recorded

in the sky above the capital .

Ukrainian defense forces

destroyed 18 drones.

As a result of the attack, critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and the region were damaged.

The prosecutor's office has started a pre-trial 

investigation 

in criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of the laws and customs of war. 

Also, the occupiers attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region at night 

with kamikaze drones

, heavy artillery and "Hrads".

On the morning of December 19, the Russians 

shelled Kherson again. 

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