First Time This Year: No Russian Drone Strikes on Ukraine Overnight

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, more than 10,000 drones have already registered this year. Now there was an unusually quiet night.

First Time This Year: No Russian Drone Strikes on Ukraine Overnight

For the first time in 2025, Ukraine saw a night without Russian drone strikes—raising cautious hopes amid ongoing conflict.

Ukraine Sees First Night Without Mass Drone Strikes in 2025 Amid US Warnings to Russia

Ukraine experienced a rare pause in Russia’s use of long-range drone strikes overnight on 1 April, marking the first time since October 2024 that Ukrainian authorities did not report a mass aerial assault involving Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles. The development follows public warnings by US President Donald Trump, who criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin and threatened additional economic measures in response to continued hostiliti…

The absence of attacks is virtually unprecedented since the first year of the war and has not occurred since Russia publicly committed itself, on March 18, to stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.