Russia launched 135 strike drones and unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukraine. Most of the targets were intercepted by air defense.
This information was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.
The drones were launched from Kursk, Orel, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. As of 08:30, 135 drone launches were recorded.
The attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups. As a result of the air battle, 80 enemy drones were shot down.
The air defense operated in the Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Kharkiv, Kherson, Volyn, and Vinnytsia regions.
An additional 44 drones were lost in designated locations, two flew towards Belarus, and up to ten enemy drones remain in the airspace over central Ukraine. Combat operations are ongoing.