On the night of 8 March 2025 (from 20.00 on 7 March), the enemy attacked with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and one Iskander-K cruise missile from Rostov region, as well as 145 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of simulator drones, the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.
‘As of 09.00, the downing of an Iskander-K cruise missile and 79 Shahed strike UAVs and other types of drones in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Mykolaiv and Odesa regions has been confirmed,’ the statement said.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
54 enemy imitator drones were lost in the area (no negative consequences).
Donetsk, Poltava, Kharkiv, Sumy and Odesa regions suffered as a result of the hostile attack.