(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram .

Starting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, the Russians attacked with 112 Shahed and Gerbera combat UAVs and other types of drones from the directions of Millerovo, Kursk, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. More than 70 of them were Shahed drones.

Anti-Aircraft Missile Troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled the air attack.

According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, air defense forces shot down/neutralized 87 Shahed, Gerbera, and other types of drones in the north, south, and east of Ukraine.

Twenty-two combat UAVs were recorded hitting 12 locations.

The attack continues, with several enemy drones still in the air.

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As reported by Ukrinform, five people were injured in the Odesa region as a result of the Russian drone attack. Large-scale fires broke out. Two residential buildings, an administrative building, and a gas station were on fire. A large-scale fire also broke out on the territory of a port infrastructure facility, burning containers with vegetable oil, vehicles, and wood fuel pellets.

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