Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over a 24-hour period

Mar 24, 2026 · 568 words · By Laura Gozzi

📰 Original article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz90gpyw90wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Analysis Summary

Propaganda Score: 20% (confidence: 70%)
Summary: The article reports on a large-scale drone attack by Russia on Ukraine, citing Ukrainian Air Force statements about shooting down most drones but admitting multiple hits. It mentions casualties, destruction of infrastructure, and a quote from Ukrainian President Zelensky's wife about not letting grief become a statistic. The piece also notes a stalled US-Israeli war talk and mentions the Bernardine monastery as a UNESCO site.

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“Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the claim about Russia launching 948 drones at Ukraine

“Russia has launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a 24-hour period since the war began, hitting cities across the country with 948 drones”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify the assertion about Russia's largest aerial attack with 948 drones

“Ukraine's Air Force said 556 drones had been fired since 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Tuesday, in an unusual daytime attack which killed at least three people and injured dozens”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm Ukraine's Air Force report of 556 drones and casualties

“In the western city of Lviv, the 16th century Bernardine monastery - part of a Unesco World Heritage site in the city centre - was damaged, local officials said”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify damage to the Bernardine monastery in Lviv

“In the neighbouring Ivano-Frankivsk region, a maternity hospital was hit”

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“Those strikes came after an overnight Russian attack left five people dead. Ukraine said 392 drones and 34 missiles were fired”

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“A video posted earlier on Tuesday by Lviv authorities showed a fire burning through the roof of a residential building near the Bernardine monastery”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm Lviv authorities' video of a residential fire

“Separate footage posted on social media showed a drone flying lower over the city and hitting the residential building”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify social media footage of a drone strike

“Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said 32 people were injured in the Russian attack”

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“In the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, two people were killed and another four - including a six-year-old child - were injured, local officials said”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify casualties in Ivano-Frankivsk

“In the overnight Russian attacks, five people were killed when Russia targeted 11 Ukrainian regions”

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“Talks brokered by the US and aimed at reaching a peace settlement have stalled since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran in late February”

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“Ternopil - another western Ukrainian city - was also targeted on Tuesday. A number of direct hits were reported by regional authorities, but no casualties”

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“Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the war continues unabated, with Moscow launching near-daily attacks on cities across the country”

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“Various buildings - including a maternity hospital - were damaged in the regional capital”

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“Also on Tuesday, the governor of Russia's western Kursk region said one man was killed and 13 people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on an agricultural enterprise”

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“Yurii Ihnat, spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, said late on Tuesday that a 'large number of drones' had entered Ukrainian airspace from the north of the country, 'effectively moving in columns'”

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“In the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, one person was killed and 13 injured, regional head Nataliya Zabolotna said”

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“Ukraine's Air Force said it had managed to shoot down most of the Russian drones and missiles - but admitted that there were multiple direct hits across the country”

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“While more than four years of war have left virtually no corner of Ukraine untouched, the west of the country has been hit comparatively less intensely and frequently than other areas nearer the Russian border in the east”

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