Ukraine faces massive Shahed drone attacks and conducts retaliatory strikes in Crimea

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Ukraine is facing intensified aerial warfare as Russia launched a massive strike using 76 Shahed combat drones. The attack heavily targeted the Kyiv region, prompting multiple air raid alarms within a 24-hour period. While Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted over 70 of these drones, some debris fell in residential areas, including the Dnipro district of Kyiv. The strikes also impacted energy infrastructure, with the private company DTEK reporting that a thermal power plant was forced to cease all electricity production following a direct hit.

Simultaneously, Ukrainian defense forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Russian military assets in occupied Crimea and the Kherson region. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, these operations targeted critical infrastructure, including drone launch sites, warehouses, and ground control stations for Orion UAVs. Ukrainian forces also struck air defense positions near Feodosia, potentially damaging S-300 or S-400 systems used to protect the Kerch Bridge, and hit communication points for UAV repeaters on the Tendrivska Spit in the Black Sea.

Entities

Crimea · DTEK · Russia · Ukraine · Ukrainian General Staff

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

[○ 1 SOURCE] Ukrainian air defenses shot down over 70 of the drones. forsal.pl
[○ 1 SOURCE] An Orion UAV ground control station in Novofedorivka was targeted. www.forum24.cz
[○ 1 SOURCE] Ukrainian drones hit a UAV repeater communication and power point in the Kherson region. www.forum24.cz
[○ 1 SOURCE] A DTEK thermal power plant was forced to halt electricity production due to a Russian attack. forsal.pl
[○ 1 SOURCE] Russia launched an attack using 76 Shahed combat drones. forsal.pl
[○ 1 SOURCE] Ukrainian drones hit a drone launch site and warehouse in the Gvardiiske area of Crimea. www.forum24.cz
[○ 1 SOURCE] Ukrainian forces targeted air defense systems, potentially S-300 or S-400, near Feodosia. www.forum24.cz
[○ 1 SOURCE] Ukrainian forces struck Russian military targets in occupied Crimea and the Kherson region. www.forum24.cz

Sources

Situace Zelenského vlády je zoufalá! | Názorový portál Vaše Věc [vasevec.parlamentnilisty.cz]

about 1 hour ago

76 dronów Shahed zaatakowało Ukrainę. Są trafienia [forsal.pl]

about 2 hours ago

Kerčský most ohrožen. Drony zničily systémy, které. . . [www.forum24.cz]

about 17 hours ago