On the night of 28 March 2025 (from 18.00 on 27 March), the enemy attacked Ukraine with 163 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of imitation drones, the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports.
The 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.
‘As of 09.00, 89 Shahed-type attack UAVs (and other types of drones) were confirmed downed in the south, north and centre of the country. 51 enemy imitator drones were lost locally (without negative consequences),’ the statement said.
The Russian attack affected Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnipro, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions.