Air defence forces shot down 83 drones out of 147, another 59 lost in location - Air Force. INFOGRAPHICS

On the night of 17 February (from 21.00 on 16 February), the enemy attacked with 147 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of imitator drones from the following directions: Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia.

According to Censor.NET, this was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

"As of 09.00, 83 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were confirmed to have been shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions.

59 enemy imitator drones were lost locally (without negative consequences)," the statement said.

Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia regions suffered as a result of the enemy attack.