On the night of January 3, 2025 (from 21:00 on January 2), the enemy attacked by 93 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of simulator drones from the directions of Russia’s Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

"As of 09:00, the downing of 60 Shahed—type attack UAVs and other types of UAVs in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk regions has been confirmed," the report says.

It is also noted that "due to the active counteraction of the Defense Forces, 26 enemy simulator drones were lost locally (without negative consequences). One UAV is in the air."

As a result of the Russian drone attack, several drone strikes were recorded against private enterprises and apartment buildings in Donetsk and Chernihiv regions. The downed Shaheds also caused damage in Kyiv region: private houses and cars were damaged in several areas. Unfortunately, there is a dead man and injured, the AFU Air Forces report says.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.