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Ukrainian Air Force unit destroyed a Russian Kh-59 guided missile in the skies over Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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A unit of Air Command Skhid has destroyed a Kh-59 guided aircraft missile in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Air defenses were activated in the Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region on January 10

Soldiers from the Air Command East destroyed an enemy missile

Russian troops struck the Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast several times on Jan. 10, leaving a 56-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman injured

Russian forces used FPV drones equipped with night vision cameras to attack civilian buildings in Nikopol

First time night vision FPV drones used against civilians in the region

Damage to two private houses, an outbuilding, and a power line; no casualties reported

Ukrainian air defence forces also destroyed an X-59 guided missile.

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