Ukraine claims to have shot down nearly 500 enemy drones since September

Headlines 14:27 03 Jan, 2023
Ukraine claims to have shot down nearly 500 enemy drones since September

Ukrinform reports that on national television in Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, spokesperson for the air force command of the armed forces of Ukraine, has claimed that nearly 500 Russian drones have been downed since September, Qazet.az reports. Ukrinform quotes him telling viewers:

We will prepare. We shoot down drones. As you can see, 84 drones were shot down in two days – on New Year’s Eve and the following day. 100% were shot down by air defence forces. Such results have never been achieved before. The number of drones is already approaching 500 since September 11. That is 500 drones shot down.