Night drone attack on Ukraine: what is known

At night, Ukraine was attacked again. Russia has launched 26 kamikaze drones. 21 attack UAVs were destroyed by air defense forces.

“On the night of May 3, 2023, the Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones from the north (Bryansk region) and from the south – the eastern coast of the Azov Sea. In total, the occupiers used up to 26 Shahed-136/131 attack drones. The forces and means of the Air Force, in cooperation with the air defense of other components of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, destroyed 21 attack UAVs,” the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.

All enemy targets were detected and shot down in the airspace around Kyiv. There were no casualties or damage. There were arrivals in Kirovohrad region. There were no casualties. 

“There are arrivals in Kirovohrad region. Around three in the morning, three shahids attacked an oil depot in the regional center. There were no casualties,” wrote Andriy Raykovych, head of the Kirovohrad regional administration.

Drone attack on Ukraine: 7 drones shot down over Dnipro region. But one Shahed hit the administrative building. A fire broke out. The fire has already been extinguished, with no casualties. In Mykolaiv region, he got into a private house. A fire broke out and was extinguished, no one was injured.

Author: Daria Skotchenko

Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Instagram