Ukraine destroys 103 Russian drones in overnight strike: air force

A affected person lies on a settee in a broken hallway as he waits for evacuation from a hospital hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 28, 2025.
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Ukraine’s air defences destroyed 103 of 154 drones launched by Russia in its newest overnight strike, Kyiv’s air force mentioned on Saturday (March 1, 2025).

The different 51 drones have been “locationally lost”, it mentioned, probably on account of digital jamming.

The growth got here amid the offended exchanges between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S President Donald Trump at White House, with Mr. Trumpaccusing the Ukrainian chief of refusing to make peace with Russia.

More particulars on the Ukraine’s defence forces are awaited.