On the night of 4 January, Russian troops carried out a large-scale attack using 81 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of imitation drones. This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The attack was carried out from the directions of Bryansk, Kursk, Orel and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine were involved in countering the air attack.
As of 09:00, 34 attack UAVs, including Shahed, were confirmed downed in a number of regions: Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Odesa and Mykolaiv regions.
According to the Command, 47 enemy imitator drones were lost due to the active counteraction of the Defence Forces, which avoided negative consequences. However, the downed drones caused damage in Chernihiv and Sumy regions – private houses were damaged. The victims are being helped.