Russia launches a record-high 188 strike drones into Ukraine

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force

Russia unleashed a record-breaking 188 drones in a massive overnight assault targeting Ukrainian cities on Monday night and Tuesday morning.  According to Ukraine’s Air Force, the attack began at 7:30 pm on November 25 and continued into the early hours of November 26, marked an escalation in the use of unmanned aerial weapons.

The barrage included four Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from Russia’s Voronezh and Kursk regions, along with 188 Shahed drones and other unidentified drones that came in swarms from multiple locations, including Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

By morning, Ukrainian air defense systems had downed 76 drones across a wide swath of the country, including Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and 11 other regions. Meanwhile, 95 drones were reportedly lost in flight impacted by  electronic warfare jamming, and five more went astray, toward Belarus.

Despite some defensive successes, Ukraine’s Air Force confirmed hits on critical infrastructure. The attack also caused damage to private and multi-story residential buildings in several regions.  Morning reports show there were no casualties or injuries.

Ukraine’s defense response was a cooordinated effort of aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare systems, and mobile fire teams from the Air Force and other defense forces.