On the night of 22 October, starting from 18:00, Russia carried out a large-scale combined strike on Ukraine using Iskander-M/S-400/Zircon/Oniks missiles and 210 Shahed-type attack UAVs (including 110 jet-powered ones), Gerbera, Italmas and decoy drones. The enemy launched the missiles from Kursk, Bryansk and Rostov regions. The drones were launched from the directions of Millerovo, Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Shatalovo and the occupied Donetsk and Crimea.
The main direction of the strike was Kyiv. This was reported by the Air Force.
“According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defence has shot down/suppressed 181 enemy Shahed-type UAVs (including 87 jet-powered ones), Gerbera and drones of other types; 10 attack drones are still in the air, combat operations are ongoing!” the statement said.
Impacts by the enemy’s air attack weapons were recorded at 32 locations, as well as the fall of downed drones (debris) at eight locations.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
- Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles in three waves. The first began at around 22:00, with the next two at 02:00 and 03:00. One person was killed and at least 22 were injured. The metro on the Southern Bridge and an ambulance station were damaged. The consequences were recorded in six of the city’s ten districts.