On the night of 18 October, Russian forces launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 180 attack drones at Ukraine. Impacts were recorded at 20 locations.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported this.
From 18:00 on 17 October, the enemy attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Russia’s Voronezh region, as well as 180 attack UAVs of the Shahed type, including 26 jet-powered ones, S-8000 “Banderol”/“Dan-T”, “Herbera”, and decoy drones of the “Parodiya” type.
The drones were launched from the directions of Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, temporarily occupied Donetsk, and Hvardiiske in Crimea.
The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 08:00 air defences had shot down or suppressed 152 enemy UAVs, including 16 jet-powered Shaheds, “Herbera”, and drones of other types.
Impacts from air attack weapons were recorded at 20 locations. Debris from downed targets also fell at four locations.
“The attack is ongoing, with around ten enemy UAVs in the airspace. Follow safety rules!”, the Air Force stressed.