Russian forces launched a large-scale drone attack on Ukraine's southern region, with drones coming from the sea and temporarily occupied Kherson Oblast. The attack lasted over four and a half hours.

Russian forces launched attack drones through residential areas and industrial districts on the night of 9-10 March, complicating Ukrainian air defence forces' efforts. Air defence units were intensively repelling a Russian large-scale drone attack for over four and a half hours, coming from both the sea and the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast.

Three civilians were injured by enemy shelling in the Kherson region. Russian troops hit residential areas of the region's settlements, including four high-rise buildings and nine private houses were damaged. The shelling also damaged an educational institution, a medical facility, and a gas pipeline in Kherson.

Russian troops hit Antonivka with drones at around 11 a.m. local time, injuring a 54-year-old man who suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wound to the leg.

In the South, air defense units thwarted a Russian large-scale drone attack incoming from both the sea and occupied parts of the Kherson region in a defense that lasted over four and a half hours.

Air defense destroyed 2 UAVs in the Kherson region and 1 UAV in the Dnipro region.