Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed 163 Russian drones during a nighttime attack
On the night of August 2, 2026, Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down 163 drones used by Russian troops to attack the country’s territory. The drone attack began in the evening of August 2, according to the air defense forces.
Starting at 6:00 p.m. on August 2, the enemy launched 181 attacks using Shahed-type strike UAVs (including jet-powered ones), “Gerbera,” “Italmas,” and “Parody”-type decoy drones from the following directions: Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Orel, Shatalovo (Russian Federation), as well as the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk and Gvardeyskoye in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 7:30 a.m. on August 3, air defense forces had shot down or neutralized 163 drones in the north, south, and east of the country.
Strikes by 14 attack UAVs were recorded at 13 locations, and the downed drones (debris) were found at two locations.
The attack is ongoing, with several enemy drones still in the air.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.
On the night of August 1, drones attacked several temporarily occupied cities in Ukraine. According to reports from monitoring Telegram channels, fires broke out in Zuhres, Berdyansk, Luhansk, Dolzhansk, and Sevastopol following the strikes.
As a reminder, the Russian online marketplace Ozon evacuated employees from its logistics center in Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan) due to the threat of an attack by Ukrainian drones. After the alert ended, the warehouse resumed normal operations.
On the morning of July 31, drones attacked a warehouse complex in Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan, Russian Federation), where the logistics facilities of the Ozon and Wildberries marketplaces are located. Following this, a number of Ukrainian sources reported that strikes on Ozon warehouses might continue.
