On the night of 21 October, Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles of various types, Shahed-type attack UAVs and drones of unspecified type.
According to the Air Force, as of 09.30, radio engineering troops detected and escorted 119 Russian air attack vehicles:
- 1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile (from the territory of Crimea);
- 1 X-35 guided missile (from the airspace in the Black Sea);
- 1 X-31P guided missile (from the airspace in the Black Sea);
- 116 Russian UAVs (launch areas: Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - Russia).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Air Force and Defence Forces.
So far, there is confirmation of 59 UAVs being shot down in Odesa, Mykolayiv, Kherson, Vinnytsya, Khmelnytskyy, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Poltava Regions.
In addition, 45 Russian drones were lost in the area, and up to 10 Russian UAVs are still present in Ukrainian airspace. There have been several UAV strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Combat operations are ongoing.
