Ukrainian air defence forces shoot down two Kh-59/69 missiles and 18 enemy UAVs out of 37, another 18 lost locally - Air Force

On the night of 9 December 2024 (from 19.30 on 8 December), the enemy attacked with two guided aerial missiles from the airspace over the Black Sea, 37 Shahed-type strike UAVs and other types of drones (launch areas: Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia).
According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As of 08.00, units of anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine shot down two Kh-59/69 guided aerial missiles and 18 enemy UAVs in Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Ternopil and Odesa regions. 18 drones were locally lost, one was shot down in the air. Combat operations are ongoing.
The crash of downed enemy UAVs in Vinnytsia region damaged the infrastructure of several private enterprises.