On the night of 29 October, the Russian army launched 112 drones at Ukraine. The Defence Forces neutralised 97 of them.
From 18:00 on 28 October, the Russians launched Shahed-type drones (40 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones, and “Parodiya” decoy drones from the directions of Oryol and Millerovo in Russia, as well as from the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk.
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 08:00, air defence shot down and suppressed 97 enemy UAVs: Shahed-type (30 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, and other types of drones. As of the morning of 29 October, around seven attack drones were still in the air, and combat operations are ongoing.
Strikes by the enemy’s air attack assets were recorded at seven locations, and debris fell in five places.