Overview
- Ukraine’s Air Force, which said it used manned jets, interceptor drones, electronic warfare and ground-based systems on Wednesday, reported neutralizing 345 of roughly 361 strike drones, with 14 hits causing casualties.
- Counting the overnight barrage and the daytime wave, Ukrainian officials said more than 700 attack drones struck over a 24-hour period ending Wednesday evening, including Iranian-designed Shaheds and Gerbera types.
- Regional officials reported a rare daytime strike killed at least four people in Cherkasy and damaged energy and industrial sites in western regions, where some areas lost power.
- Frontline fighting escalated, with the General Staff logging 146 combat clashes in the past day, led by heavy assaults near Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy linked the strikes to Kyiv’s Easter ceasefire proposal, while Russia claimed full control of Luhansk, a claim Ukraine disputed and Reuters said it could not verify.