Russia attacks Ukraine with nearly 200 drones, 30 strikes reported
Photo: Russia launched over a hundred jet-powered drones overnight (Getty Images)
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 165 attack drones, 105 of them jet-powered. Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 115 targets, but hits were recorded at 30 locations, the Air Force reports.
The attack began at 6:00 p.m. (Kyiv time) on October 19. Russian forces launched Shahed, S8000 BanderoI/Dan-T, Gerbera, and Parodiya-type decoy drones.
Where the drones were launched from
The drones were launched from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia. They were also launched from the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and locations in Crimea (Chauda, Hvardiiske), as well as from the waters of the Sea of Azov.
According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 a.m., air defenses had shot down or suppressed 115 drones. These included Shahed drones (73 of them jet-powered), Gerbera drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles of other types.
Another 20 attack drones were still in the air at that time. Combat operations are ongoing.
Hits were recorded at 30 locations. Debris from downed drones fell at 13 locations.
US President Donald Trump's administration did not approve the transfer of Patriot interceptor missiles to Ukraine, The Washington Post reported.
According to the newspaper's sources, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth did not formally reject the transfer but also did not take steps to approve it.
Ukraine ran out of Patriot interceptor missiles, CNN reported.
During the overnight attack on October 14, Russian ballistic missiles struck three power plants in Kyiv and energy infrastructure in Kharkiv.
