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Ukraine Invasion Day 1142: UKR inflicted significant economic cost on RU's war effort [1]

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Date: 2025-04-09

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi spoke about Ukraine's efforts to further develop its tactical and long-range drone capabilities. Syrskyi stated that Ukraine has developed long-range strike drones with ranges of over 1,700 kilometers and noted that a Ukrainian drone recently struck a Russian Tu-22M3 long range bomber worth $100 million as it landed at a Russian airbase after a combat operation. Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian forces have also developed tactical fiber-optic strike drones with a range of up to 20 kilometers and that Ukraine plans to scale up production of these drones over the next one to three months (until about July 2025). Syrskyi noted that Ukraine continues to develop its Unmanned Systems Forces and that Ukrainian brigades are integrating drone units. Ukrainian frontline and long-range drones are crucial parts of Ukraine's defensive capabilities, and Ukrainian forces have leveraged these drones to defend against Russian offensive operations and inflict significant economic cost on Russia's war effort.[18] Syrskyi noted that long-range Ukrainian strikes against Russian ammunition arsenals forced Russian forces to roughly halve the number of artillery shells fired in Ukraine daily to around 20,000 and that Russian forces currently fire 27,000 to 28,000 artillery rounds per day.

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of April 8 to 9. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 55 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk City; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Aktarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[83] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 32 drones over northern and eastern Ukraine and that eight decoy drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference.

Official Ukrainian sources reported on April 8 and 9 that Russian forces damaged civilian enterprises, residential buildings, a service station, medical clinic, and a gas pipeline in drone strikes targeting Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk oblasts.[84] Kharkiv City Mayor Ihor Terekhov stated that Russian forces conducted 20 Shahed strikes on Kharkiv City within one hour on the night of April 8 to 9 and that this is part of Russia's new strike tactics aimed at intimidating Ukrainian civilians.[85]

Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 32 drones over northern and eastern Ukraine and that eight decoy drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference.

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