On the night of 12 January 2025, Russian troops launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine, using 94 Shahed drones and various types of imitation drones. The attacks were carried out from the directions of Millerovo, Oryol, Bryansk and Kursk.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and other units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
According to the Air Force Command, as of 09:00, 60 Shahed attack drones and other drones were destroyed in a number of regions of Ukraine, including Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, and Donetsk.
Residential buildings in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions were damaged by falling debris from downed drones. Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries.
Also, the locations of 34 enemy imitator drones were lost, causing no damage.