"At night, the Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine, launching 37 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed type," the Ukrainian air force said on Friday morning.
"Thirty-three of these attack UAVs were destroyed,” it added, as cited by state news agency Ukrinform.
The attack damaged an infrastructure facility in the southern Odesa region, according to officials.
The military South command said in a statement that 18 Shahed drones were downed over the Odesa region, and another four over Mykolaiv and Kherson in the south of the country, the Reuters news agency reported.
"At night the enemy again attacked the Odesa region with drones; unfortunately, it was not possible to prevent the hits," said Oleh Kiper, Odesa regional governor, as quoted by Reuters.
Drones were also downed over the central Kropyvnytskyi region and the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's east, the military said.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Friday is day 744 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP, Reuters, ukrinform.net