Russia attacks Ukraine with record number of combat drones

Russia has attacked Ukraine with an unprecedented number of drones.

According to the Ukrainian air defense, Moscow attacked the country on Tuesday night with 188 drones and four Iskander-M ballistic missiles. According to the Ukrainian news portal Ukrajinska Prawda, it was the largest number of drones Russia has launched in one night to date. According to official figures, the air alert lasted more than five hours in the capital Kiev alone.

The Ukrainian air force reported the launch of 76 drones in 17 regions of the country in the morning. The detection of 95 drones was interrupted, which was presumably due to electronic countermeasures. Five drones had flown towards the neighboring country of Belarus.

Ukraine's power supply was reportedly hit again during the attacks. In Ternopil in western Ukraine, an object of critical infrastructure was damaged by drone attacks, the military governor of the region, Vyacheslav Nehoda, wrote on Telegram. There is no stable power supply in Ternopil and other places.

Ukraine has been defending itself against the large-scale Russian invasion for more than two and a half years with Western help. Moscow has repeatedly attacked the country's energy infrastructure.

SDA