The Ukrainian Armed Forces have shot down 34 enemy UAVs, 47 drones did not reach their targets, they were lost, the Air Force Command reports.

"On the night of January 4, 2025 (from 19:00 on January 3), the enemy attacked with 81 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and drone imitators of various types from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia," the Telegram message said on Saturday.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

As of 09:00, the downing of 34 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones has been confirmed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.

Due to the active counteraction of the Defense Forces, 47 enemy drone imitators were lost (without negative consequences). However, the downed UAVs caused damage in Chernihiv and Sumy regions - private houses were damaged. The victims are receiving assistance, the Air Force reports.