Russia launches 166 drones at Ukraine overnight

Russia launched a series of 166 military drones at Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force, who reported the strikes on social media platform Telegram. The drones included Shahed variants, some jet-powered, Gerbera drones, and Parodiya decoys. By 9 a.m. the following day, Ukrainian air defenses had successfully intercepted or neutralized 137 of the enemy drones across the nation's northern, southern, eastern, and central territories.

Ukrainian forces also documented drone strikes impacting 16 locations, with debris from downed drones falling at an additional four sites.

The Air Force emphasized that the aerial assault was ongoing, with approximately ten Russian drones still present within Ukrainian airspace at the time of the report. Russian forces had been perpetuating drone attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding areas for two consecutive days. In the capital, explosions were heard, debris fell in various locations, and large-scale fires erupted at warehouses in Kyiv Oblast.

In addition to the drone attacks, Russian forces conducted a separate strike on a Nova Poshta delivery terminal in Sumy, damaging three trucks alongside the delivery terminal. Furthermore, an Epicentr home-improvement store in Zaporizhzhya was hit, resulting in at least four injuries and a substantial fire that consumed roughly 2,000 square meters of the premises.