Air Force reports repelling mass attack by 227 Russian drones

Large-scale drone attack

Russian occupiers carried out a mass attack against Ukraine, using over two hundred drones of various types. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Launch details

According to command data, the Russian Federation launched 227 strike UAVs. Among them were "Shahed" type drones (86 of which were jet-powered), "Gerber" drones, and "Parody" type decoy drones. Launches were carried out from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), as well as from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Hvardiiske, Chaudi, and the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Air defence results

Preliminary data as of 08:00 indicates that air defence systems shot down or suppressed 196 enemy UAVs. Among those destroyed were 70 jet-powered Shahed type drones, "Gerber" drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles of other types. Approximately 15 strike drones remain in the air; combat operations are ongoing.

Strike consequences

Strikes by the enemy's aerial attack assets were recorded at 14 locations. The fall of debris from shot-down drones was also documented at 8 locations.