On the evening of December 16, Russian invaders again attacked Ukraine with attack drones. An air raid alert was announced in many areas. The enemy did not leave the Ukrainians alone even at night.
On the evening of December 16, shortly after the end of the air alert associated with the threat of a ballistic strike, a new one was announced in Ukraine. However, it is already associated with the launch of enemy drones.
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Air raid warning spread across Ukraine
04:07 Clearance of missile danger by region.04:00 Lights out in Kherson and Nikolaev regions. 03:28 The missile danger has spread to the Kharkov and Sumy regions.03:16 A rocket in the Kirovograd region in a northeast direction.03:09 The missile danger has spread to the Poltava, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions. It is also “alarming” in Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions.02:41 Nikolaev and Kherson regions – threat of using strike UAVs.02:25 Eliminate the threat of strike drones by region.02:17 The alarm is lifted in the Khmelnitsky region.01:58 The alarm is lifted in the Zhytomyr region.01:58 Alarm clears in Vinnytsia region.01:43 There are explosions in the Khmelnitsky region, air defense is working.00:32 Starokonstantinov – stay in shelters.01:12 Alarm clears in the Kharkov region.01:08 The alarm is cleared in the Odessa region.01:01 Khmelnitsky region – threat of using attack UAVs.00:48 Kharkov region – missile danger.00:48 Vinnytsia region – movement of attack UAVs in a western direction.00:32 Alarm in Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions.00:32 The alarm is lifted in the Cherkasy region.00:29 The alarm is lifted in the Kirovograd region.00:19 “Shaheds” from the Cherkasy region are flying in a northwestern direction.23:52 Residents of Chernomorsk heard explosions. Local telegram channels explained this as air defense work. Residents of the village of Lebedevka in the Odessa region were urged to be careful.23:48 An air raid warning has been announced in the Zaporozhye region.23:42 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, an air raid warning was announced.23:37 Residents of Odessa heard the sounds of explosions. According to preliminary data from monitoring channels, there are the first downings of enemy Shaheeds.23:35 The Ukrainian Armed Forces PS called on residents of Odessa and Chernomorsk to stay in shelters.23:34 In the Poltava region, an air raid warning was announced.23:30 The head of the Odessa OVA, Oleg Kiper, called on residents of the Odessa region to be in shelters before the air raid warning, and also to take care of themselves and their loved ones.23:27 The Ukrainian Armed Forces PS warned about the movement of the Shaheds from the Black Sea in the direction of the Odessa region, namely towards Odessa and Chernomorsk.23:26 Enemy drones are moving from the Dnepropetrovsk region in the direction of Zaporozhye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were warned about this.23:22 In the Zaporozhye region, the threat of using “Shaheds” was added to the missile danger.23:21 Residents of Kropyvnytskyi heard the sounds of explosions.23:20 The air force called on residents of Kropyvnytskyi to take shelter.23:15 The air force warned about a change in the trajectory of the missile towards Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovograd region. According to preliminary and unofficial information from monitoring channels, we may be talking about the X-59 missile.23:11 The Russians launched a guided missile in the direction of Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces and monitoring channels warned about this.23:01 The air force reported the movement of enemy attack drones in a northwest direction and warned residents of the Cherkasy region about the likely threat.22:59 The Ukrainian Armed Forces PS warned residents of the Odessa region about the threat of the enemy using kamikaze drones.22:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine PS clarified that an air raid alert was announced in the Zaporozhye region due to a missile threat.22:57 An air raid alert was also announced in the Odessa region.22:54 An air raid alert was announced in the Zaporozhye region. The head of the Zaporozhye Regional Police Department, Yuriy Malashko, called on residents to urgently go to shelters.22:47 The air force reported the movement of the Shaheds in the Kirovograd region in a westerly direction.22:23 An air raid alert was announced in the Poltava region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces PS warned about the movement of enemy drones from the Dnepropetrovsk region in the direction of the Poltava region.22:20 Monitoring telegram channels warned residents of the Vinnytsia region about the threat of attack by attack drones from the Kirovograd direction.21:48 The “Shaheds” that took off from the Kharkov region ended up on the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region.21:40 According to the Air Force, enemy drones in the Nikolaev region are moving in the direction of Kirovograd.21:20 Another group of UAVs from the south of the Kharkov region set off in a northern direction.21:04 The Air Force announced that the Shaheds were moving from the Kherson region in the direction of Nikolaev.
Let us note that on the night of December 16, Russia also attacked Ukraine with “Shaheds”.
During the last attack, the defenders shot down most of the drones
According to the General Staff, starting from the evening of December 15, Russia launched 31 Shahed-type attack drones across Ukraine in three directions: Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Seshcha, Kursk. Our air defense forces managed to shoot down 30 air targets.
It is known that they were shot down within the Dnepropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Chernigov, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkassy, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev and Khmelnytsky regions. The end of the threat was heard in all regions as early as 03:48 on December 16th.
2023-12-17 01:15:00
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