Russia launched a record drone strike on Ukraine using kamikaze drones.
In the night of Tuesday, November 26, Russian occupiers launched yet another attack on Ukraine, deploying the largest number of drones since the beginning of the full-scale war. This was reported by the press service of the Air Forces.
From 7:30 PM on November 25, the Russians attacked Ukraine with strike drones and ballistic missiles. The enemy launched Iskander-M missiles from the Voronezh and Kursk regions, while Shahed-type kamikaze drones and unidentified UAVs were launched from Russian cities including Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.
In total, Ukrainian defenders detected and tracked 192 aerial targets – four ballistic missiles and 188 strike drones from the Russians. The number of launched UAVs set a record, with the previous highest number of drones released by the occupiers being 145 units.
According to the Air Forces, as of 9:00 AM, the air defense shot down 76 drones across 17 regions of Ukraine:
- Kyiv,
- Cherkasy,
- Kirovohrad,
- Chernigiv,
- Sumy,
- Kharkiv,
- Poltava,
- Zhytomyr,
- Khmelnytskyi,
- Vinnytsia,
- Chernivtsi,
- Ternopil,
- Rivne,
- Zaporizhzhia,
- Dnipropetrovsk,
- Odesa,
- Mykolaiv.
“95 UAVs were lost in location, likely due to active electronic warfare by the Defense Forces, and 5 drones flew towards Belarus. Unfortunately, there were hits on critical infrastructure, and due to the massive drone attack, private and apartment buildings were damaged in several regions. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties or injuries,” the press service of the Air Forces stated.
To repel the attack, aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, as well as electronic warfare systems and mobile fire groups were involved.
It is worth noting that as a result of the nighttime enemy attack, electricity was lost in Ternopil, leading to power supply interruptions. Additionally, public electric transport is not operating in the city.