On the night of Saturday, October 26, russian troops launched 7 missiles of various types and 91 drones on the territory of Ukraine, the air defense forces managed to destroy 44 attack drones, 1 drone flew to Belarus, 44 were lost in location.
The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on the Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
It is noted that last night the enemy attacked Ukraine with various types of missiles, Shahed type UAVs and drones of an unknown type.
The radio engineering troops of the Air Forces detected and escorted 98 means of air attack of the enemy:
- 3 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (from the territory of Crimea);
- 2 Kh-59 guided air missiles (from the airspace of the Bryansk Oblast - russia);
- 2 missiles of an unknown type (from the Belgorod Oblast - russia);
- 91 enemy UAVs (launch areas: Kursk and Oryol - russia).
The enemy hit civilian infrastructure objects in the Sumy Oblast and Dnipro with missiles.
There are casualties among the civilian population.
"As for the attack UAVs, as of 12:00 p.m., as a result of the anti-aircraft battle, it was confirmed that 44 enemy UAVs were shot down in the Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Kursk Regions. One UAV left the airspace in the direction of Belarus. 44 Russian drones have been lost in location, 1 more enemy UAV is in the airspace of Ukraine," the message reads.
The air attack was repulsed by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, mobile fire groups of the Air Forces and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on the night of October 25, the russians attacked the territory of Ukraine with 63 drones.
Air defense forces shot down 36 UAVs, while 16 russian drones were lost in location.
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