Russia launches record 267 drones on Ukraine, says Zelensky

Russia launched more strike drones into Ukraine overnight on Saturday than in any other single attack of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, one day before the three-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

Writing on social media, he said 267 strike drones had been sent in what he called “the largest attack since Iranian drones began hitting Ukrainian cities and villages”.

Air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat called the 267 drones “a record for a single attack” since the invasion began.

Among them, 138 were intercepted by air defence while 119 were “lost” without causing damage, he said in a post on Facebook.

He did not say what happened to the remaining 10 but a separate armed forces statement on Telegram said several regions, Kyiv included, had been “hit”.