Russian large-scale combined attack on Ukraine: 549 aerial assets used, direct hits recorded at 20 locations

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - 5 October, 14:13

The aftermath of a Russian attack. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Russia carried out a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine on the night of 4-5 October using 549 aerial assets, including loitering munitions and missiles launched from air, sea and ground platforms. Ukrainian air defence forces intercepted 478 targets, but 8 missiles and 57 attack drones hit their targets across 20 locations.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Facebook

Details: Starting at 20:00 on 4 October, Russian forces used:

496 loitering munitions, including Shahed and Gerbera (and other types), launched from Kursk, Bryansk, Millerovo, Oryol, Shatalovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as from Kacha in temporarily occupied Crimea; according to the Air Force, about 250 of them were Shahed drones
2 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missiles air-launched from Russia's Lipetsk Oblast
42 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from Samara, Kursk and Bryansk oblasts in Russia
9 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea.

The main target of the attack was Lviv Oblast.

As of 14:00, air defence units destroyed or jammed 478 aerial assets:

439 Shahed and Gerbera drones (and other types)
1 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic missile
32 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles
6 Kalibr cruise missiles.

Six Russian missiles failed to reach their targets, with crash sites still being verified.

Direct hits were recorded from 8 missiles and 57 drones at 20 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell at another six sites.

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