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Russia launches over 400 drones at Ukraine in rare daytime attack, air force says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2026 | 9:32 AM

KYIV, March 24 (Reuters) – Russia launched over ​400 ‌drones at Ukraine on Tuesday in ‌a ​rare ⁠daytime attack, ⁠air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told Reuters.

Local ​authorities had previously ⁠said ⁠air defence ​was engaging ​targets near the ‌capital, Kyiv, and the western ⁠city of Lviv, which is several ⁠dozen ‌kilometres (miles) ⁠from the ​Polish ‌border.

(Reporting by ​Yuliia Dysa, ⁠writing by Max Hunder, editing by Daniel ​Flynn)