Russia attacks Ukraine with 123 drones, 13 hits recorded — Air Force
Mobile fire groups of the anti-aircraft missile division of the 22nd separate mechanized brigade are on duty at positions 24/7 (Photo: 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade / Facebook)
Russia launched 123 attack drones against Ukraine overnight, including about 70 Shahed-type UAVs, along with Gerbera, Italmas and other models, the Ukrainian Air Force said in its daily report on March 1.
Russian forces launched drones from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as Hvardiiske.
As of 8:30 a.m., air defense forces had shot down or suppressed 110 enemy drones. At the same time, 13 strike drones were recorded hitting seven locations, and debris fell at four other sites.
In the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kharkiv, a Russian drone struck a dormitory. A fire broke out at the site of the impact, and evacuations are underway. No casualties have been reported so far.
On Feb. 28 and overnight into March 1, Russia, the aggressor country, attacked Kharkiv with a group of drones. A Molniya drone strike was reported on the border between the Kyivskyi District and Shevchenkivskyi districts, as well as a strike by a combat drone in the Saltivskyi District — hitting a park — and another strike on an administrative building in the Shevchenkivskyi District.
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