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During the night of 24 November (starting at 19:00 on 23 November), Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine, deploying 162 strike UAVs, including Shahed, “Herbera,” and other types, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram.
The drones were launched from several directions: Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as from Hvardiiske in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea. More than 80 of the UAVs used were Shaheds.
The air attack was repelled by Ukrainian aviation, air defense missile units, electronic warfare teams, drone units, and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces. According to preliminary data as of 09:00, air defense systems neutralized 125 enemy drones over northern, southern, and eastern Ukraine. A total of 37 strike drones hit targets in 15 locations, and debris from intercepted UAVs fell at another site.
The hardest-hit areas were civilian infrastructure and private homes in the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Unfortunately, casualties among civilians have been reported.
