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Russia fired nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine, launched one of the largest daytime attacks: Kyiv air force

“Taking into account the night attack... the enemy used almost 1,000 strike drones,” Ukraine's air force said on Telegram.

Published on: Mar 24, 2026 11:28 pm IST
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Russia fired almost 1,000 drones at Ukraine over the past 24 hours, following a rare barrage of strikes during daytime which killed at least three people across the country, the Kyiv air force said.

The air force added that the “geography of the attack during the day was wider than at night”.(REUTERS)

“Taking into account the night attack... the enemy used almost 1,000 strike drones,” Ukraine's air force said on Telegram, AFP news agency reported.

The air force added that the “geography of the attack during the day was wider than at night” and had targeted Ukraine's western regions, hundreds of kilometres from the front.

Rare daytime drone strikes kills 3 in Ukraine

Russia launched a rare daytime wave of drone strikes at Ukraine, killing at least three people across the country and wounding 30 others.

The attacks also set ablaze a building in the centuries-old centre of western Lviv, officials said, according to Reuters. A purported video footage of the incident circulating on social media showed a drone crashing into an old building next to a church in Lviv, around 60 kilometres from the Polish border, Reuters reported.

 
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