On the night of March 28, 2025 (from 6:00 PM on March 27), the Russian forces launched an attack with 163 Shahed-type strike drones and drones of various types from the following directions: Millerovo, Bryansk, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), Chаuda, and Hvardiyiske (Crimea).
The airstrike was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, EW units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 9:00 AM, 89 Shahed-type strike drones (and drones of other types) have been confirmed shot down in the south, north, and central parts of the country.
51 imitator drones were location-lost (without negative consequences).
As a result of the Russian attack, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions were affected.