Ukraine’s forces down 90 Russian drones, 70 others lost from radar

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram.

Starting at 19:30 on Sunday, March 16, Russian invaders launched 174 strike drones of the Shahed type and various types of decoy drones from the directions of Oryol, Shatalovo, Kursk, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

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

As of 9:00 on Monday, March 17, the confirmed downing of 90 Shahed strike drones and other types of UAVs was reported in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa regions.

70 enemy decoy drones were lost from radar without causing any damage.

The consequences of the Russian attack were recorded in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions.

Earlier reports indicate that in Odesa region, one person was injured due to the attack by Russian drones, and around 500 households in the suburbs of Odesa were cut off electricity due to damage to the energy infrastructure.

Photo: Air Force of Ukraine