On the night of 21 October, starting from 18:00, Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from the airspace over Russia’s Rostov region and 186 Shahed-type attack UAVs (including 88 jet-powered ones), S8000 “Banderol”/“Dan-T”, “Gerbera”, and decoy drones. The drones were launched from Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and the occupied cities of Donetsk and Crimea.
Impacts by the enemy’s air attack weapons were recorded at 27 locations, as well as falling debris at 13 locations. This was reported by the Air Force.
“According to preliminary data, as of 08:30, air defence has shot down/suppressed 150 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type (including 63 jet-powered ones), S8000 Banderol/Dan-T, Gerbera, and drones of other types; 10 attack drones are still in the air, and combat operations are ongoing,” the statement said.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
- On Wednesday night, Russians attacked Kyiv, Poltava and Cherkasy regions, and other areas with drones. At dawn in the capital, two people were killed. A building was damaged.