Sunday23 February 2025
nbn.in.ua

Occupiers launched 162 drones across Ukraine, with most of them shot down.

During the night, Russian forces launched 162 strike drones of the Shahed type and decoy drones against Ukraine.

This was reported by the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As of 08:00, the downing of 82 strike UAVs of the Shahed type and other types of drones has been confirmed. They were shot down in the regions of Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk.

Another 75 Russian imitation drones were lost in terms of location (without negative consequences).

The occupiers launched drones from the directions of: Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russia.

The air assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces of Ukraine.