According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.

Starting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5, the enemy launched two Onyx anti-ship missiles (launched from the temporarily occupied Crimea), two Kh-31P anti-radar missiles (launched from the airspace over the Black Sea), and 101 Shahed-type combat UAVs (most of them jet-powered), Gerbera, Italmas, and Parodiya-type decoy drones from the following directions: Kursk, Millerovo, Orel (Russian Federation), the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, and Hvardiiske (Crimea).

The air attack was repelled by the Ukrainian Air Force, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, Air Defense Forces shot down or neutralized 66 drones in the north, south, and east of the country.

Twenty-nine combat UAVs and one Onyx missile hit 18 locations, and debris from downed targets was found at 5 locations. The remaining missiles did not reach their targets; details are being clarified.

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The attack is ongoing, with several enemy drones in the airspace.

As reported by Ukrinform, three people were killed in Balakliia, the Kharkiv region, on the night of August 6 as a result of an attack by Russian drones.