Ttack Drones News Today

Two strikes by the Russian Shahed attack drones were recorded in the city of Kharkiv on the night of 3-4 May. A total of four people were injured, including a child. Source: Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, on Telegram Details: Terekhov said that both strikes hit civilian infrastructure facilities in the Osnovianskyi district of the city.

The jamming of GPS signals over the Baltic Sea has been "most likely" a side effect of Russia's efforts against attack drones. Source: Traficom, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, as reported by European Pravda with reference to Politico Quote: "The interference intensified when Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure began in January 2024.

Ukrainian forces recently attacked the Kushchyovskaya airfield with drones, likely trying to disrupt Russia's highly destructive glide-bomb strikes.

Explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhya, an air raid alert was declared in the oblast, Suspilne news outlet reported on April 28.

The city of Kyiv was bombarded from the southwest by Russian Shahed attack drones on the night of 22-23 April. All of the targets were destroyed. There was no damage or casualties in the capital. Source: Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration Details: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that the Russian drones were launched from the territory of Russia's Kursk Oblast, flew through Ukraine's Sumy and Cherkasy oblasts and attempted to enter Kyiv from the southwest...

Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) with heavy artillery late on the evening of 20 April and on the night of 20-21 April. Source: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Details: The Russians used two attack drones of various modifications in addition to launching three artillery bombardments.

Ukrainian air defence forces have shot down 22 missiles of various types, including two Kh-22 cruise missiles and 14 attack drones, while repelling a combined Russian attack on the night of 18-19 April.

Ukrainian forces intercepted and shot down 16 of 17 drones launched by Russia on the night of April 12, Air Forces commander, Mykola Oleshchuk, reported on Telegram.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on “another vile missile attack” after Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Zaporizhzhya oblasts.

Russia carried out an overnight attack on energy infrastructure in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts, Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces reported on April 10.