Air defense neutralize 420 of 497 enemy air attack vehicles at night, hits recorded at 19 locations

On the night of Friday, October 10, russian troops launched 465 drones and 32 missiles of various types over the territory of Ukraine, air defense forces managed to neutralize 420 air targets: 405 drones and 15 missiles.

This was announced by the press service of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Telegram channel, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

It is noted that on the night of October 10 (from 07:00 pm on October 9), the enemy launched a combined strike on the territory of Ukraine using strike UAVs, air- and ground-based missiles.

In total, the Air Force radio-technical troops detected and escorted 497 air attack vehicles (32 missiles and 465 UAVs of various types):

- 465 Shahed, Gerbera attack UAVs (drones of other types) from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Oryol, Shakhty, Primorsko-Akhtarsk - (all - RF), about 200 of them - Shaheds;

- 2 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Lipetsk Oblast (RF);

- 14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (launch areas: TOT AR Crimea; Rostov and Bryansk Oblasts of the RF);

- 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles (launch areas: TOT AR Crimea; Rostov and Bryansk Oblasts of the RF);

- 4 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles.

According to preliminary data, as of 10:00 am, air defense systems shot down/suppressed 420 air targets:

- 405 enemy Shahed, Gerbera UAVs (other types of drones);

- 1 Kh-47 M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile;

- 4 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;

- 9 Iskander-K cruise missiles;

- 1 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missile.

In addition, 4 enemy missiles did not reach their targets (lost their location, the places of their fall are being specified).

It is also reported that direct hits of 13 missiles and 60 strike UAVs were recorded at 19 locations and the fall of downed ones (fragments) at 7 locations.

Photo: AFU Air Force.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of October 9, the russians launched 112 drones over Ukraine, and the air defense forces managed to neutralize 87 UAVs.

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