Russia launched 139 drones at Ukraine on the night of February 8, with air defense shooting down less than half.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
"On the night of February 8, the Russian forces launched 139 attack UAVs of the 'Shahed' type and various types of decoy drones from Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Bryansk, and Shatalovo," the report states.
The attack was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
"As of 09:00, 67 attack UAVs of the 'Shahed' type and other drones have been confirmed shot down," the military added.
Air defense was active in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesіa regions.
Additionally, 71 decoy drones were lost from radar tracking.
