Russia launches 62 drones and 8 missiles at Ukraine, 41 UAVs downed

Russian aircraft launched 62 attack UAVs and 8 missiles at Ukraine on the night of 9-10 October. Ukrainian air defence shot down 41 air targets.

Source: Ukraine’s Air Force on Telegram

Details: In total, the Air Force's air surveillance troops detected and monitored more than 50 Russian air attack assets: 

• two Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from temporarily occupied Crimea);
• one Kh-31P missile (from Crimea);
• two Kh-59/69 missiles (from Crimea);
• three S-300 anti-aircraft missiles (launched from temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast);
• 62 attack UAVs (launched from Russia’s Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk).

The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s defence forces.

As a result of combat efforts, 41 attack drones were shot down over Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts. Another 14 drones disappeared from radars, likely due to active electronic warfare operations.

The Air Force also said that the attack hit civilian and critical infrastructure facilities in Odesa, Poltava and Donetsk oblasts. Information on the damage is being clarified.

Quote: "As of 11.00, combat efforts continue! Several UAVs (presumably attack drones) are in Ukrainian airspace. There is also a lot of activity of reconnaissance drones in the north and south."

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