During the night, air defense shot down 95 of the 143 drones launched by Russia to attack Ukraine, according to the Air Force.

On the night of February 16, Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using 143 Shahed-type strike drones and various imitation drones, along with two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea—targeting the Odesa region.

This was reported by the Air Forces.

"As of 09:00, the downing of 95 Shahed-type strike drones and other types of drones has been confirmed in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions," the statement reads.

An additional 46 enemy imitation drones were lost locationally (without negative consequences).

As a result of the enemy attack, Kyiv region, Sumy region, Mykolaiv region, and Odesa region were affected.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that on the night of February 15, drones attacked Russian cities Rostov, Novomoskovsk, and Engels.