Russia pitched in the last week against Ukraine around a thousand combat drones, including more than 170 on Saturday night, in addition to almost 980 guided aerial bombs and 36 missiles, the Ukrainian president denounced this Sunday, Volodymyr Zelensky.
“In total, the Russians launched more than 170 drones into Ukraine last night, at least half of which were shaheds. AND Throughout this week, the Russians launched around a thousand combat drones, almost 980 guided aerial bombs and 36 missiles of different types against our people.”, he wrote in a message on Telegram.
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He added that reconstruction work is currently continuing after the Russian attacks in Kharkov and its surroundings, as well as in the regions of Odessa and Dnipropetrovskand indicated that the rescue teams were also working on the Sumi and Chernihiv.
“And every night multicomponent air protection is needed: air defense systems, combat aviation, mobile fire groups, interceptor drones”he explained.
An aerial view of buildings damaged after Russian attacks in the town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on the front line, on November 12, 2025. (EFE/EPA/93rd Kholodnyi Yar Independent Mechanized Brigade)
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“We are actively working with our partners on each of these components to strengthen Ukraine’s defense. We have prepared new solid agreements with Europe to significantly strengthen our air defense, our resistance and our diplomacy“, summarized Zelensky, who this Sunday visits Greeceon Monday Paris and on tuesday Spain.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched, from 6:00 p.m. on Saturday (5:00 p.m. GMT), a Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Russian region of Rostov and 176 unmanned Shahed, Gerbera and other types of aircraft from the Russian directorates of Kursk, Oriole, Milerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk and since Chaudain occupied territory of Crimea.
Nearly one hundred of the unmanned devices launched by Russia were kamizaze drones Shahedadds the report published on Telegram.
Until 09:00 on Saturday, the anti-aircraft defense shot down or neutralized 139 Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country.
Impacts from 37 unmanned devices were recorded in 14 locations and the fall of fragments from downed drones in two locations.
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For his part, the head of the Odessa military administration, Oleg Kiperreported that Russian forces attacked energy facilities in the region on Saturday night and damaged a solar power plant.
“The enemy continues to selectively attack civilian infrastructure south of Odessa“, he wrote in a message on Telegram, adding that the fires that broke out were quickly extinguished by units of the State Emergency Service.
There were no casualties in the attack, he stressed, adding that life support facilities and critical infrastructure have been connected to the backup power grid.
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