On the night of 8 November, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles and 164 attack drones of various types. Air defences shot down 137 enemy UAVs.
This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
"On the night of 8 November (from 18:00 on 7 November), the enemy attacked with three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from the Sea of Azov, and 164 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (112 of them jet-powered), Gerbera, Parodiya-type decoy drones, from the following directions: Oryol, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russian Federation, temporarily occupied Donetsk, Hvardiiske — temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea," the statement said.
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 destroyed or suppressed 137 drones, including 88 jet-powered Shaheds. Several attack drones remained in the air, and combat operations were ongoing.
At the same time, impacts from air attack weapons were recorded at 23 locations, as well as the fall of debris from downed targets at six locations.
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