Russia launched 71 Shahed drones in an overnight barrage, Ukraine‘s air force said.

Just 26 of them reached their targets, with the rest failing. They were aunched from the Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions, and targeted the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv. and Cherkasy regions.

The air force said: “As of 09:00, air defence systems have shot down or jammed 27 Russian Shahed-type UAVs (and other types) in the north, east and centre of the country.

“Another 18 UAVs disappeared from radar or were suppressed by electronic warfare. A total of 26 UAV impacts were recorded in 14 locations and debris from downed drones fell in five locations.”