Record drone attack: Russians launch 267 drones over Ukraine – 138 shot down

Colonel Yuriy Ihnat of the Ukrainian Air Force, reported this on Facebook.

Ihnat noted that this was the highest number of drones used in a single attack since February 24, 2022.

Of the 267 drones, 138 were shot down, 119 “lost in location,” three flew into Russia, and one into Belarus.

The Russians launched the drones from several directions, including Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Shatalovo, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Chauda.

The Russians also fired three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from temporarily occupied Crimea.

As of 08:00, confirmed drone downings were reported in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

The attack affected the Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Poltava, Kyiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

• On February 20, Ukraine’s Security Service attacked the Novovelichkovskaya oil pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar region using drones, causing it to cease operations.