The Russians launched an attack on Ukraine on the night of 5-6 January with two Kh-59 air-to-surface missiles and 128 Shahed-type attack UAVs, as well as various types of decoy drones. Ukrainian air defences have destroyed two missiles and 79 UAVs.

Ukrainian Defense Forces units from 12:00 and as of 20:00 on Friday, January 3, shot down three missiles and 13 enemy UAVs, 19 UAVs were lost to location, the press service of the Ukrainian Air Force said.

Russia launched two missiles and over 120 UAVs against Ukraine. Ukraine's air defense downed 81 enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. During the attack, the enemy launched: ・Two Kh-59 guided air missiles from the southern direction;

For the first time in the history of the use of the Fighting Falcon, an F-16 fighter destroyed six Russian cruise missiles in one combat mission, two of them with an aircraft gun, during a large-scale missile and drone attack in December 2024.