Russia launched 35 missiles and 381 drones at Ukraine overnight, attacking, among other things, energy facilities in two regions; 17 missiles and 303 drones were neutralized, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Friday, writes UNN.
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According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the night of October 3 (from 8:00 PM on October 2), the enemy launched a combined attack on the territory of Ukraine using attack UAVs, air- and ground-launched missiles, totaling 416 air attack weapons:
- 381 Shahed-type attack UAVs, Gerbera (other types of drones) from the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia;
- 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
- 21 Iskander-K cruise missiles;
- 7 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles.
The main direction of the attack was critical infrastructure facilities (energy sector) in Kharkiv and Poltava regions. Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kyiv regions also suffered as a result of the night attack.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
According to preliminary data, as of 10:00 AM, air defense shot down/suppressed 320 air targets: 303 enemy Shahed-type UAVs, Gerbera (other types of drones); 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles; 5 Kh-59/69 guided air missiles.
"Hits of 18 missiles and 78 attack UAVs were recorded at 15 locations, as well as the fall of downed (fragments) at 6 locations," the report says.