The Ukrainian air force claimed to have downed 110 Russian drones overnight, with 66 more failing to reach their targets.
A Telegram post said: “On the night of February 26, 2025 (from 19:00 on February 25), the enemy attacked with 177 Shahed type strike UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the directions: Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia.
“The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.”
As of 9am 110 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types were shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk region, with 66 enemy drones “lost in location”.