The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 83 enemy drones last night, with 59 being lost without negative consequences. In total, Ukraine faced an attack from 147 drones, reported the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
"On the night of February 17, 2025 (from 21:00 on February 16), the enemy launched an attack with 147 strike drones of the Shahed type and various types of imitation drones from the directions: Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk - RF," the AFU stated in a Telegram message on Monday.
As of 9:00 AM, it has been confirmed that 83 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of drones were shot down in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa regions. Additionally, 59 enemy imitation drones were lost without negative consequences.
The aerial assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the enemy attack, the regions of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava, and Zaporizhzhia were affected.