On the night of 12 October, starting from the evening of the previous day, the Russian army launched 121 drones and a guided air-launched missile at Ukraine. Strikes were recorded at 15 locations, and falling debris in four areas.
This was reported by the Air Force.
“On the night of 12 October (from 18:00 on 11 October), the enemy attacked with an Kh-59 guided air-launched missile from airspace over the Black Sea and 121 strike UAVs of the Shahed type (76 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, Banderol/Dan-T, decoy drones of the Parodiya type, from the following directions: Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russian Federation, temporarily occupied Donetsk, temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea — Hvardiyske,” the statement said.
The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defence shot down and suppressed 89 Russian Shahed-type UAVs (55 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, and drones of other types.
As of the morning, the attack is ongoing, with several Russian UAVs in the airspace.