In total, during this night, the radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected and tracked 818 aerial attack means. UNN reports with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Details
The Ukrainian General Staff reported how many drones and missiles were shot down:
According to preliminary data, as of 08:30, air defense shot down/suppressed 751 air targets:
- 747 enemy Shahed-type UAVs and various types of decoy drones;
- 4 Iskander-K cruise missiles.
The agency noted that, in total, during the attack, the radio-technical troops of the Air Force detected and tracked 818 aerial attack means:
- 805 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones from the directions of Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Russia;
- Gvardeyskoye, Chauda – temporarily occupied territory of Crimea; - 9 Iskander-K cruise missiles from Kursk region – Russia;
- 4 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
The attack continues, with several more enemy drones in the airspace of Ukraine.
The General Staff also acknowledged that hits were recorded:
- at 37 locations - 9 missiles and 56 attack UAVs;
- falling of shot down (fragments) at 8 locations.
Recall
On the evening of September 6, explosions were heard in Kyiv, air defense was working on enemy targets.
In Zaporizhzhia, people were injured as a result of an enemy UAV attack.
On September 6, Ukrainian military repelled 129 enemy attacks, 129 combat engagements were recorded.
On the night of September 7, Kremenchuk suffered an enemy attack, dozens of explosions were heard.
In Kryvyi Rih, three people sustained injuries of moderate severity as a result of an enemy attack, causing a large-scale fire.
In the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv, a large-scale fire and smoke occurred as a result of an enemy attack.