Ukraine Says Russia Launched 101 Drones Overnight; 95 Neutralized, Six Impacted Targets

Ukraine’s military said Russia launched 101 drones overnight into Wednesday, with 95 “shot down/suppressed” by morning, but six drones still struck five locations and the attack was not yet over.

The preliminary figures came from the Ukrainian General Staff, which posted an update on Telegram early June 24. The military said the attack began at 18:00 on June 23 and was still continuing as of its 08:30 update, when it reported that hostile drones remained in Ukrainian airspace. In the same post, the General Staff said there had been six drone impacts at five locations and falling debris at six locations.

According to the General Staff, Russia attacked with 101 strike UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles. It said the wave included Shahed drones, including jet variants, as well as Gerbera, Italmas and “Parodiya” decoy or imitator drones. The launch directions listed in the update were Orel, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, along with occupied Donetsk and Gvardiyske in occupied Crimea.

Ukraine’s response involved aviation, surface-to-air missile units, electronic warfare units, unmanned-systems units and mobile fire groups, the General Staff said. As of 08:30, it said 95 hostile UAVs had been “shot down/suppressed” over northern, southern and eastern Ukraine. In Ukrainian official reporting, that phrasing typically combines drones physically destroyed with drones neutralized by electronic warfare or other non-kinetic means, so readers should not assume all 95 were shoot-downs in the narrow sense.

The figures were preliminary and came from a Ukrainian official military source. At the time of reporting, there was no separate independent international wire confirmation of the exact 95-of-101 tally. The General Staff underscored that the raid was still underway, writing in Ukrainian: “Атака триває, в повітряному просторі знаходяться ворожі БПЛА. Дотримуйтесь правил безпеки!” — “The attack continues, and hostile UAVs are in the airspace. Follow safety rules!”

Russia has repeatedly used mixed overnight drone waves, combining strike drones with decoys, to complicate Ukrainian air-defense responses, and the attack described by the General Staff fits that pattern.