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

It’s a rare daytime attack

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine Mar 24, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

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.