Air Defenses Intercept 150 Drones Used By Russia To Attack Ukraine Overnight
"On the night of October 21 (from 18:00 on October 20), the enemy attacked with Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from the airspace over Russia's Rostov region and 186 strike drones, including Shahed-type UAVs (88 of them jet-powered), S8000 Bandеrol/Dan-T, Gerbera, and Parodiya decoy drones, launched from Oryol, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, and Hvardiiske and Chauda in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the statement said.
Read also: Russia's war casualty toll in Ukraine up by 1,820 over past dayThe air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
"As of 08:30, preliminary data indicates that air defenses shot down or suppressed 150 enemy UAVs, including Shahed-type drones (63 of them jet-powered), S8000 Bandеrol/Dan-T, Gerbera, and drones of other types," the statement said.
Ten attack drones remain in the air, with combat operations ongoing.
Hits by enemy aerial attack weapons were recorded at 27 locations, while debris from downed targets fell at 13 locations.
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