Ukraine faces one of largest drone attacks in recent weeks

Russia carried out a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on February 21, deploying one Iskander-M ballistic missile alongside 120 strike unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine's post on Telegram. 

The drones included Shahed, Gerbera, Ilmas and other models, with roughly 80 identified as Shahed-type UAVs.

Preliminary information indicates that by morning, Ukrainian air defence forces had shot down or electronically suppressed 106 drones across the northern, southern and eastern regions of the country.

Despite interception efforts, impacts were recorded from the ballistic missile and 13 attack drones at 11 separate locations. In addition, debris from downed aerial targets fell at eight other sites.

By Tamilla Hasanova