Record-breaking 15,438 Russian UAVs downed as Ukraine's air defense efficiency surges

He made this statement while publishing the verified results of units in the Army of Drones.Bonus program for February.

"For the second month in a row, our military is shooting down a record number of Shaheds," he wrote.

"The efficiency of sky protection is systematically growing."

In addition, in February, the Ukrainian military targeted 27,313 Russian invaders.

"This means 975 eliminated Russians every day," Fedorov emphasized.

Defense Forces eliminated 92,475 Russian soldiers in total over the winter. 88,898 invaders were hit in drone strikes, the rest — verified on video strikes by artillery, Minister clarified.

Fedorov reminded that destroying more soldiers than Russia mobilizes is one of the key strategic tasks for achieving the goals of the war.

On March 2, the Air Force reported that Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 massive combined enemy attacks during the winter.

Russia combined launches of strike UAVs and missiles of various types, trying to complicate the air situation, overload the air defense system, and deplete resources, the AFU Air Force emphasized.

At the same time, February became a month of "peak loads" — on Feb. 3, the enemy fired the largest number of missiles [71 - ed.] in a single strike for the entire winter, the Air Force reminded. Already on Feb. 26, Russia carried out a mass drone strike, using 420 UAVs in a single attack.

On March 3, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that Russian Shahed-type drones began flying at ultra-low altitudes. But the Defense Forces of Ukraine are countering the new enemy tactics.