A wave of concern spreads across Ukraine as Russia launches "Shahed" drones in multiple directions.

The Russian Federation launched "Shahed" drones over Ukrainian territory on the evening of Monday, January 20. Air raid alerts were issued in several regions.

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The Russian Federation launched "Shahed" type drones over Ukrainian territory on the evening of Monday, January 20. Air raid alerts were declared in several regions.

This was reported by RBK-Ukraine, citing the Air Forces and the Air Raid Alerts Map.

According to the Air Forces, the Russian army launched several groups of drones from different directions.

The first drones were moving from the border of Kharkiv region. Enemy drones were also spotted at the border of Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.

As of 21:15, the enemy drones were moving:

in the western and central parts of Kharkiv region, heading west;
north of Kharkiv, heading west;
at the border of Kharkiv and Poltava regions, heading west;
north of Kamyanske in Dnipropetrovsk region, heading west;
at the border of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, heading west.

As of 22:55, Russian "Shaheds" were moving:

in the southern part of Chernihiv region, heading west;
in the southern part of Sumy region, constantly changing direction;
in the southwestern part of Kharkiv region, heading west;
in the central part of Poltava region, heading southwest;
in Poltava and Kirovohrad regions, heading north;
in the western part of Dnipropetrovsk region, heading west;
in the southern part of Mykolaiv region, heading northwest;
in the southern and eastern parts of Kirovohrad region, heading west/southwest.

At 23:27, an air raid alert was declared in Kyiv. Monitoring channels reported the approach of an attack UAV from Boryspil towards the capital.

According to the latest data, as of 23:36, enemy drones were moving:

over Kyiv, heading south;
in the central part of Chernihiv region, heading southwest;
in Sumy region, heading southwest;
at the border of Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, heading west;
over Kremenchuk Reservoir, heading south;
in the central part of Kharkiv region, heading west;
in the northern and eastern parts of Mykolaiv region, heading west;
at the border of Mykolaiv and Odesa regions, heading northwest.

According to the latest military reports, as of 0:35, enemy UAVs were moving:

in the northern part of Kyiv region, heading west;
from Chernihiv region, heading towards Kyiv region;
from Sumy region towards Chernihiv and Poltava regions;
in the northern and eastern parts of Poltava region, heading south;
in the southern part of Poltava region, heading southwest;
in the northern part of Dnipropetrovsk region, heading west;
in the central part of Kirovohrad region, heading northwest;
in the western part of Cherkasy region, heading northwest;
at the border of Mykolaiv and Odesa regions, heading northwest.

According to the latest military data, as of 1:51, Russian drones were moving:

in the northern part of Zhytomyr region, heading west;
in the southern part of Vinnytsia region, heading west;
in the northeastern part of Chernihiv region, heading east;
in the northern part of Cherkasy region, heading southwest;
in the northern part of Poltava region, heading west;
from Sumy region, heading towards Chernihiv region.

As of 3:27, Russian drones were moving:

in the southern part of Kyiv region, heading towards Vinnytsia;
from Sumy region, heading towards Poltava;
in the northern part of Poltava region, heading west;
in the eastern and southeastern parts of Kharkiv region, heading west;
in the northern part of Kherson region, heading towards Mykolaiv/Dnipropetrovsk.

As of 4:37, enemy strike drones were moving:

from Mykolaiv towards Odesa region;
in the eastern part of Kyiv region, heading west;
in the northern part of Poltava region, heading west;
at the border of Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions, heading north;
in the eastern part of Kharkiv region, constantly changing course;
south of Zaporizhzhia, heading southwest.

According to the situation as of 5:55, enemy UAVs were moving:

in the direction of Kyiv from the southeast;
in Sumy region, heading southwest.

At 7:16, the military reported the cancellation of the threat from strike UAVs.

As of 07:15, the air raid alert map looked like this:

Source: Air Raid Alerts Map of Ukraine (t.me/povitryanatrivogaaa)

Recall that the Russian army launched 141 drones of various types across Ukraine from five directions on the night of Monday, January 20: Millerovo, Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

Also, last night explosions were heard in Kyiv and Kyiv region. At that time, the air defense was engaged against enemy drones.