Massive Russian drone attack: Ukraine's air defenses intercept 272 targets overnight
Photo: Ukraine's air defenses successfully repel another Russian attack (Getty Images)
Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 310 attack drones of various types overnight on November 4. Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized most of the enemy targets, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
What Russia used in the attack
Overnight, Russian forces deployed 310 attack drones, including:
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Shahed drones, 81 of them jet-powered;
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Gerbera drones;
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Parodiya decoy drones.
The drones were launched from the areas of Orel, Kursk, Shatalovo, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea.
How Ukraine's air defenses performed
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 a.m., air defenses had neutralized 272 enemy drones.
Russian drones were also reported to have struck 19 locations. Debris from downed drones fell at another 15 locations.
More than 20 attack drones remain in Ukrainian airspace, and combat operations are ongoing.
RBC-Ukraine earlier reported that Rivne, the Ternopil region, and Dnipro came under another Russian attack overnight.
We also reported that most of Kovel was left without electricity after Russian forces struck infrastructure.
