On the night of February 19, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine with 167 strike drones, deployed from six different directions. Additionally, two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles struck the Sumy region.
This information was reported by the Air Forces.
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The air defense forces shot down 106 Russian drones in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.
Another 56 enemy imitation drones were lost to radar detection (without negative consequences), the military reported.
As a result of the attack, the Odesa, Kyiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Cherkasy regions were affected.
It is worth noting that Odesa faced a massive drone attack, with reports of four injured individuals so far. Additionally, there are issues with electricity and heating in one of the city's districts.
Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 176 strike drones. The regions of Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Cherkasy were impacted by the assault.