Russia strikes Ukraine with missile and 121 drones overnight
Photo: What is known about the Russian nighttime attack (Getty Images)
Overnight, Russia launched a missile and 121 drones at Ukraine. Some of the targets had already been shot down by morning, but the attack is not over yet, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
On the night of October 12, starting at 6 p.m. on October 11, Russia launched a Kh-59 guided air-to-ground missile. It was fired from airspace over the Black Sea.
In addition to the missile, Russia launched 121 attack drones, namely Shahed (76 of which were jet-powered), Gerbera, Banderol/Dan-T, and Parodiya decoy drones.
Russian drones flew from various directions: Oryol, Kursk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as from the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea.
According to preliminary data, as of 9 a.m., Ukrainian air defense forces had shot down or neutralized 89 Russian drones. These included Shahed (55 of which were jet-powered), Gerbera, and other types of drones.
Russian strikes were recorded at 15 locations. Debris from downed targets fell at four additional locations.
Russian attack is ongoing; there are still several Russian drones in the Ukrainian sky.
On the morning of October 12, Russian forces struck logistics facilities belonging to a postal operator in southern Odesa region.
Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, reported that the facade, windows, and equipment were damaged, but there were no casualties.
Meanwhile, in Kharkiv, a Russian drone struck a high-rise building.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported five casualties and the destruction of the seventh through ninth floors.
