Ukrainian air defense forces downed all 23 Iranian kamikaze drones Russian fired at seven oblasts on Feb. 20.
The invaders launched the UAVs from Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk oblast at the Kharkiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts.
Russian forces also attacked Ukrainian targets with S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missiles launched from Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. They used X-31 guided air-to-surface missiles fired from the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the aerial assault using anti-aircraft missile units, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare assets.
Russia attacked Ukraine with strike drones overnight on Feb. 19-20, striking an industrial object near Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast.