Russia launches mixed drone and missile attack overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force says
Photo: Ukraine’s Air Force commented on the Russian night attack (Getty Images)
Russian troops launched an overnight attack on Ukraine with strike drones and various types of missiles on September 5. Most of the enemy targets were destroyed by air defense units, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
During the night of September 5, the enemy used:
- 157 Shahed strike drones and various types of decoy UAVs launched from Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Hvardiiske (temporarily occupied Crimea);
- 6 S-300 surface-to-air guided missiles from Russia’s Kursk region;
- 1 Kh-59 guided air missile from Russia’s Voronezh region.
The Air Force also added that aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled the air attack.
According to preliminary data as of 9:00 a.m. Kyiv time, air defense forces shot down or suppressed 121 enemy Shahed drones and decoys of various types in the north and east of the country.
At the same time, 7 missiles and 35 strike UAVs hit 10 locations, and one more enemy drone is in the air.
Russian shelling on September 5
On the evening of September 4, the Russian army launched Shahed strike drones against Ukraine. Later, the Ukrainian Air Force warned of threats from enemy drones to the Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, followed by the Zaporizhzhia region.
During the night, Russia carried out a series of strikes on critical and industrial infrastructure in the Sumy region, causing a large-scale fire.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense forces destroyed 15 Russian strike drones.
In addition, as a result of a morning drone attack on the Novhorod-Siverskyi community in Chernihiv region, critical infrastructure was damaged, leaving part of the district without electricity.
