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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,012: Dnipro hit. RU has 2,030 troop casualties in 24 hours [1]

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Date: 2024-11-30  

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 10 Shahed drones and other unidentified drone types (possibly referring to decoy drones) from Kursk Oblast and Primorsk-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai.[51] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed eight drones over Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson oblasts; that one drone became "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) Interference; and that another drone flew into airspace over occupied Ukraine. Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Head Vitaly Kim stated that Russian ballistic missiles caused a fire at an agricultural enterprise in Mykolaiv Raion.[52]

Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed eight drones over Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson oblasts

Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Major Ilya Yevlash stated on November 29 that some Russian Shahed drone variants with reduced payloads can fly around Ukraine for over 24 hours.[53] Yevlash noted that Russian forces modify the drones to have smaller warheads and larger fuel tanks, which allows them to fly for longer periods of time. Yevlash noted that the Ukrainian Air Force considers Russian drones to be "locationally lost" when the drones crash, run out of fuel or experience EW interference and reiterated that Russian forces are using decoy drones without warheads to overload Ukraine's air defense systems.

Ukraine continues to rely on Western-provided systems to defend itself against large-scale Russian strikes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told UK outlet SkyNews during an interview published on November 29 that that Ukrainian forces used F-16 fighter jets to destroy seven Russian cruise missiles during a large-scale Russian missile strike on Ukrainian infrastructure "two nights ago," likely referring to the large-scale Russian strike on the night of November 27 to 28.[54] Zelensky noted that Ukraine does not have enough F-16 aircraft or Patriot air defense systems to defend against large-scale Russian drone and missile strikes and called on the West to provide additional aircraft and air defense systems.

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