Over the past day and as of 8:30 Thursday, December 26, units of the Defense Forces shot down 20 enemy drones, 11 imitator drones were lost locally, the press service of the Air Force reported.

"As of 08:30, the downing of 20 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of other types has been confirmed in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions," the message says.

It is noted that on the night of December 26 (from 19:00 on December 25), the enemy attacked with the 31 Shahed type UAVs and drones of other types from Orel, Millerovo - the Russian Federation.

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

It is also reported that due to the active countermeasures of the Defense Forces, 11 enemy drone imitators were lost in location (without negative consequences).