During the night, Russians launched an attack on Ukraine using 176 drones.

On the night of February 18, 2025 (from 19:00 on February 17), the enemy launched an attack using 176 strike drones of the Shahed type, along with various types of imitation drones.

This was reported by the Air Force press service.

“As of 09:00, the downing of 103 strike drones of the Shahed type and other types of drones has been confirmed in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions,” the statement reads.

It is noted that 67 enemy imitation drones were lost in location (without negative consequences).

According to the Air Force, as a result of the enemy attack, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Cherkasy regions were affected.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed and wounded 861,090 Russian servicemen, with 1,170 casualties in the last day.