Russia launches record number of drones in Ukraine: what is known about the attack
Kyiv • UNN
At night, Russians attacked Ukraine with 188 drones and 4 Iskander-M missiles. The air defense system shot down 76 drones, hitting critical infrastructure and residential buildings.
Since Monday evening, the Air Defense Forces have shot down 76 of 188 drones launched by the Russian army in Ukraine. During the attack, the Russians used a record number of drones and fired four Iskander-M missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Tuesday, UNN reported.
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Reportedly, on the night of November 26 (starting at 19:30 on November 25), Russians attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Voronezh and Kursk regions. During the night attack, the enemy launched a record number of Shahed strike UAVs and unidentified drones from the directions of Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk.
The Air Force's radio engineering troops detected and tracked 192 air targets:
- 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- 188 enemy UAVs.
As of 09:00, air defense shot down 76 enemy drones in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Rivne, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions. 96 UAVs - lost at the location, presumably due to active counteraction of the electronic warfare of the Defense Forces, 5 UAVs flew towards Belarus
Unfortunately, there were hits to critical infrastructure facilities, and private and apartment buildings were damaged in several regions due to massive UAV attacks. There were no casualties or injuries.
