Ukraine Attacked Overnight by 40 Russian Missiles, Drones: Air Force

Ukraine Attacked Overnight by 40 Russian Missiles, Drones: Air Force
A site of Park Hotel destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 11, 2024. Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters
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Ukraine suffered a large Russian missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, while its air defences were able to down a far lower proportion of them than usual.

According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia launched 37 missiles and three drones. Eight missiles were downed, it said in a statement on social media.