Drones, ballistic missiles and aircraft: How Ukraine's air defenses repelled Russia's overnight attack
Photo: Air defense forces shot down 99 enemy targets overnight (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight on October 30 with attack drones, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles. Ukraine's air defense managed to intercept most of the incoming targets, but some strikes were recorded.
The Russian forces launched the following weapons overnight:
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Iskander-M/S-400/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia's Voronezh, Kursk, and Bryansk regions;
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Four Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles from Russia's Belgorod region;
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113 attack drones, including Shahed-type drones (83 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones, and Parody decoy drones, launched from the following directions: Oryol, Kursk, and Shatalovo in Russia, as well as the occupied parts of Donetsk region and Crimea (from Hvardiiske).
The main targets were Kyiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
According to preliminary data, as of 7:30 a.m. local time, Ukraine's air defense had shot down or suppressed 99 enemy targets:
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Three Kh-59/69 guided air-launched missiles;
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96 enemy drones, including Shahed-type drones (71 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones, and other types of UAVs.
Russian weapons hit targets at 17 locations, while debris from downed drones and missiles fell at five locations.
On October 29, Russian forces attacked Dnipro several times, causing numerous casualties. Overnight, more than 350,000 households in the city and surrounding settlements were left without electricity.
Meanwhile, overnight on October 30, Russian forces struck an industrial facility in the Kremenchuk district of the Poltava region using ballistic missiles.
