Air defence shot down 90 enemy drones out of 166, another 72 UAVs lost locally - Air Force

On the night of 27 February 2025 ( since 20.00 on 26 February), Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 166 Shahed-type attack UAVs and imitator drones of various types from the following directions: Oryol, Bryansk, 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, 90 Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones were confirmed downed in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.

72 enemy imitator drones were lost in the area ( without any negative consequences).

Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions were affected by the hostile attack.