Overnight, the Defence Forces shot down 40 enemy UAVs, while 13 drones failed to reach their targets. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force Command.
On the night of 2 February, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 55 Shahed attack drones and imitation drones from the directions of Kursk, Orel and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces.
As of 09:00, 40 enemy drones were confirmed to have been destroyed in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Odesa regions. Another 13 imitator drones were lost locally without any negative consequences.
The attack damaged facilities in Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Information on the consequences is being clarified.