Russia launched 81 Shahed drones at Ukraine, with air defenses downing 37, Ukraine’s Air Force said on Jan. 30.
Russia launched drones from Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. Ukrainian air defenses operated in the Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Odesa oblasts.
The Air Force reported that 39 enemy drone simulators were lost without causing harm. However, attacks affected the Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, and Poltava oblasts, hitting industrial sites, residential buildings, and vehicles.
A Russian UAV struck an apartment building in Sumy, killing four people.