Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles and 332 drones overnight
File photo: Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 293 Russian targets (Getty Images)
On the night of October 17, Russia attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, Kalibr missiles, and 332 attack drones. Despite the successful performance of the air defense forces, dozens of hits were recorded, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Last night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with:
- Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from the Voronezh and Rostov regions of Russia and the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea;
- Kh-22/32 cruise missiles launched from the airspace of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea;
- 4 sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles from Novorossiysk;
- 332 Shahed-type attack drones (31 of which are jet-powered), S-8000 Banderol, Gerbera, and Parodiya-type decoy drones from Oryol, Bryansk, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk of Russia; temporarily occupied Donetsk; Hvardiiske of the temporarily occupied Crimea.
According to preliminary data, as of 8 a.m. Kyiv time, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down or neutralized 293 Russian targets:
- 4 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 289 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed type (23 of which were jet-powered), S-8000 Banderol, Gerbera, and other types of drones.
Russian airstrikes were recorded at 22 locations, and debris from downed targets was found at 3 locations.
Early Saturday morning, October 17, the Russians attacked Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih with ballistic and cruise missiles. The Russian strike damaged buildings, struck an industrial facility, and caused civilian casualties.
