Russia attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles overnight: Downed targets revealed
Photo: Air defense system shoots down four Shaheds during Russian shelling of Ukraine on March 1 (Getty Images)
On the night of March 1, Russia again attacked Ukraine, using both Shahed drones and missiles. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 4 of the 4 Russian drones, according to the Air Force Armed Forces of Ukraine and the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, Serhii Lysak.
"On the night of March 1, 2024, the enemy attacked with five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles and four Shahed strike UAVs," the Ukrainian Air Force says.
According to the military, Russians launched the missiles from the occupied Donetsk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation, and the drones from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation.
As a result of an anti-aircraft battle, mobile firing groups of the Defense Forces destroyed 4 Shaheds within Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Three drones were shot down over the Dnipropetrovsk region
In particular, according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhii Lysak, three Russian drones were shot down in the sky over the region on the evening of February 29.
"They were shot down in Synelnykivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts," he adds.
Situation at frontline
Ukrainian troops repelled 25 Russian attacks in the Avdiivka direction, held their positions, and repelled the Russian occupation troops' assaults in the Kherson sector. The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed three Su-34 fighter-bombers.
In particular, according to a report by the Institute for War Studies, Russian troops advanced west of Avdiivka and reportedly captured several settlements in the area on February 29. Fighting continues in Bohdanivka (northwest of Bakhmut) and Ivanivske (west of Bakhmut).
