Ukraine’s air defence forces have intercepted 129 of 149 Russian drones, multiple hits recorded
Since the evening of 3 March, Russian occupiers have carried out a massive attack on Ukraine, deploying 149 strike drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other drones. As of the morning of 4 March, Ukrainian air defence had neutralised 129 enemy drones. The attack is ongoing.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
“As of 08:30, air defence forces have shot down or suppressed 129 enemy drones of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other drones in the north, south and east of the country. Hits by 19 strike drones have been recorded at 15 locations, and debris from downed drones fell in one location,” the report states.
According to the military, the drones were launched from Russian cities including Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from temporarily occupied Crimea. Around one hundred of the drones were strike drones of the Shahed type.
The aerial attack was repelled by aviation, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare units, UAV countermeasures, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
As of 08:50, the enemy attack is still ongoing, with several Russian drones remaining in Ukrainian airspace.
Over the same 24-hour period, Russian forces attacked more than ten times with drones and shelled the Kamianske, Synelnykove, Samar and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing damage to civilian infrastructure.
Russian troops also carried out 624 strikes on 36 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of attacks on the Zaporizhzhia and Polohy districts, two people were injured.
Additionally, on the afternoon of 3 March, Russian occupation forces struck the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region with a Geran-2 type drone.
As previously reported, Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing power outages.
Russian forces also attacked the Odesa region with drones, damaging port infrastructure.
