Ukraine’s Air Force reported that defense forces shot down 83 Russian Shahed drones and other UAVs, while 59 were lost from radar without consequences.
According to the statement, starting at 9:00 PM on Sunday, February 16, Russia launched 147 attack drones, including Shaheds and various decoy UAVs, from multiple directions: Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
The aerial assault was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare teams, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Air Force and Defense Forces.
As of 9:00 AM on Monday, February 17, 83 drones were confirmed shot down over Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesіa regions.
Fifty-nine Russian decoy drones were lost from radar, with no negative consequences.
The attack caused damage in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
