In the early hours of 10 March, 35 of the 39 attack UAVs launched by Russia were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"On the night of 10 March 2024, the Russian invaders fired four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at Kharkiv and Donetsk regions and 39 Shahed strike UAVs (areas of drone launches - Cape Chauda in Crimea, Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia)," it said.
As a result of combat operations, 35 Shaheds were shot down in Kirovohrad, Mykolayiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Odesa, Kherson, Khmelnytskyy, Vinnytsya, Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions.
"Most of the targets were destroyed by the forces and means of the mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defence Forces. Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, and electronic warfare systems were also involved in repelling the air attack," the Air Force added.