On the night of March 5, 2025 (from 7:30 PM on March 4), the Russian forces launched an attack with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh region, one S-300 surface-to-air guided missile from the Kursk region, and 181 Shahed-type attack drones, along with drones acting as decoys of various types from the directions of: Orel, Kursk, Millerovo, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia, Chаuda — Crimea.
The airstrike was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 09:30, the destruction of 115 Shahed-type attack drones and other types of UAVs in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions has been confirmed.
55 decoy drones were lost due to location (without negative consequences).
As a result of the attack, Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions were affected.
