In the

Kyiv region

and during a missile attack by the Russian Federation, an enemy unmanned aerial vehicle "Orlan-10" was shot down.

This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Facedook social network.

In particular, on December 31, around 1:00 p.m., the enemy attacked Ukraine from Tu-95MS strategic aviation missile-carrying aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Iskander-M ground-based operational-tactical complexes.

"According to preliminary data, a total of about 20 rocket launches were carried out. Several of them did not reach Ukraine and fell on the territory of the Russian Federation (the information is being clarified)," the message says.

It is noted that 12 cruise missiles were destroyed in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions by the forces and means of air defense of the Air Force.

Photo: Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

"In addition, in the Kyiv region, an enemy UAV "Orlan-10" was shot down, which was conducting aerial reconnaissance during the missile attack and was trying to identify the positions of our air defense forces," the message says.

We will remind, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny said that on December 31, the

occupiers fired more than 20 cruise missiles over Ukraine

.

PPO eliminated 12 of them.

As a result of the Russian attack on civilian objects in Kyiv 

, one person died, 20 were injured

.

14 victims were hospitalized, six were treated by medics on the spot.

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