Saturday22 February 2025
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160 drones and two ballistic missiles. The Air Force reported on the nighttime Russian strike.

On the night of February 21, Russian forces launched an assault on Ukraine with 160 drones of various types, in addition to two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles. A total of 87 drones were successfully intercepted.

This was reported by the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The air assault was countered by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Intercepted targets were recorded in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Additionally, 70 Russian drone decoys disappeared from radar without causing any damage. The Air Forces did not report on the interception of ballistic missiles that struck the Odesa region.

Besides the Odesa region, the nighttime attack also affected the Kyiv, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions.