Air defense forces shot down 59 missiles and 54 drones.

On the night of December 19, 2024, the enemy launched an attack with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Crimea and the Rostov region, a guided air-to-surface missile Kh-59/69 from the airspace of the Kursk region, along with 85 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles.

This was reported by the Air Forces.

"As of 08:30, the destruction of 45 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of UAVs has been confirmed in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions," the message states.

It is noted that due to the active countermeasures of the Defense Forces, 40 enemy imitation drones were locally lost (without negative consequences).

In addition, as a result of the missile strike, private and multi-apartment buildings, as well as municipal property, were damaged in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties or injuries.

"No hits from the UAVs were recorded, and no information regarding destruction or casualties has been received," the Air Forces added.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the enemy launched over 70 missiles and more than 100 drones at Ukraine on Christmas. According to the president, more than 50 missiles were shot down, but there were hits.