Occupiers launch 87 Shaheds at night. How many downed
Overnight into October 6, 2024, the russian invaders attacked Ukraine with strike UAVs and missiles of various types. The Ukrainian military shot down 2 missiles and 56 drones.
This was reported by the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What the occupiers launched:
- 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- 1 Iskander-K cruise missile;
- 1 guided air missile Kh-59/69;
- 87 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed type (launch areas: Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
"As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, two missiles and 56 enemy attack UAVs of the Shahed type were shot down in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv Regions," the message says.
25 unmanned aerial vehicles (as of 09:00 a.m.) were lost in location in various regions of Ukraine, presumably as a result of active countermeasures by EW. The information is being clarified.
Four UAVs are still in the airspace of Ukraine. Combat work continues.
As reported by Ukrainian News Agency, on the night of October 6, Russian terrorists once again attacked Kyiv with their drones. All drones neutralized the Air Defense Forces and means.