LONDON -- Russia launched an unusually large drone attack on Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, shortly before Moscow's representatives opened talks with a U.S. delegation in Saudi Arabia on ending Russia's three-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian military has attacked Ukraine with 176 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones since the evening of 17 February. A total of 170 drones have been downed. Source: Air Force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces on Telegram Quote from Air Force: "As of 09:00,

During the night of Tuesday, February 18, the Russian army launched 176 Shahed strike drones at Ukrainian territory. Air defense forces worked in 12 regions, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.