From the evening of 22 October to the morning of the 23rd, air defence forces neutralised 140 of the 176 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles launched. Impacts were recorded at 19 locations, and debris fell in 13 places.
This was reported by the Air Force.
“On the night of 23 October (from 18:00 on 22 October), the enemy attacked with 176 strike UAVs of the Shahed type (92 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, and decoy drones of the ‘Parodiya’ type from the following directions: Bryansk, Shatalovo, Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russian Federation, temporarily occupied Donetsk, temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea — Hvardiiske,” they said.
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.
According to preliminary data, as of 08:00, air defence shot down and suppressed 140 enemy Shahed-type UAVs (68 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, and drones of other types. As of the morning, 10 strike drones were still in the air; combat operations are ongoing.
Impacts by the enemy’s aerial attack assets were recorded at 19 locations, as well as falling debris in 13 places.