Russia has attacked Ukraine with an unprecedented number of drones, the Ukrainian air defence announced on Tuesday.
It posted on its Telegram channel that Moscow had attacked the country with 188 drones and four Iskander-M ballistic missiles during the night.
The Ukrainian news portal Ukrainska Pravda reported that this was the largest number of drones launched by Russia in one night. In the capital, Kiev, the air raid siren sounded for more than five hours, according to official reports.
In the morning, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had shot down 76 drones in 17 regions of the country. The flights of 95 drones were aborted, presumably due to electronic countermeasures. Five drones are said to have flown in the direction of neighbouring Belarus.
According to the information provided, the power supply in Ukraine was once again affected by the attacks. In the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged by drone attacks, the military governor of the area, Vyacheslav Nehoda, wrote on Telegram. The power supply in Ternopil and other places had been disrupted, he said.
Ukraine has been defending itself against the large-scale Russian invasion with Western help for more than two and a half years. Moscow has repeatedly attacked the country’s energy infrastructure during the war.
