The Russian Federation launched 185 Shahed-type strike drones and simulator drones against Ukraine on the night of February 24. The drones attacked from four directions.
Points of attention
- Ukrainian Defense Forces intercepted and shot down 113 Russian Shahid drones during a night attack on February 24.
- The defense against the attack was organized using aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, and other military units.
- The downing of Russian-made drones occurred in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, and Chernihiv regions, with over a hundred drones destroyed by the air defense forces.
Air defense destroyed over a hundred Russian martyrs on the night of February 24
According to the Air Force, the drones attacked from the following directions:
Russian cities of Orel, Bryansk, Kursk;
temporarily occupied Chaud, Crimea.
The following were involved in repelling the air attack:
aviation;
anti-aircraft missile troops;
electronic warfare units;
mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As of 8 am, 113 drones have been confirmed shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Chernihiv regions and beyond.
Another 71 simulator drones were lost in the field without any negative consequences.
The following people were injured in the attack:
Dnipropetrovsk;
Odesa;
Kyiv;
Khmelnytskyi region.
