Russians attack Ukraine with 19 rockets and 430 drones: strikes recorded at 13 locations
On the night of 13-14 November the Russians attacked Ukraine with 19 rockets and 430 drones of various types, with air defence managing to down 419 aerial targets, but missile strikes and hits by 23 drones have been recorded at 13 locations.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command
Quote: "Early data indicate that as of 09:30, air defence has shot down/suppressed 419 aerial targets:
- 405 Russian UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types
- 2 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
- 6 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles
- 6 Iskander-K/Kalibr cruise missiles.
Hits by rockets and 23 attack UAVs have been recorded at 13 locations, and the falling of downed drones (debris) at 44 locations."
Details: Ukraine's defence forces have shot down and jammed a total of 419 Russian targets, but the Russian attack continues.
As of now, there are groups of Russian UAVs in Ukraine's airspace.
The main direction of the strike is the city of Kyiv. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Poltava and Cherkasy oblasts have also been affected by the attack.
In total, on the night of 13-14 November (from 18:00 on 13 November) the Russians carried out a combined strike on Ukraine's critical infrastructure facilities using attack drones and rockets launched from the air, land and sea.
The Air Force detected 449 aerial attack assets – 19 rockets (including thirteen ballistic) and 430 UAVs of various types (around 300 Shaheds):
- 430 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera and other types launched from the directions of Kursk, Millerovo, Oryol, Bryansk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), and Hvardiiske (temporarily occupied Crimea)
- 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles (from Ryazan Oblast, Russia)
- 1 Zircon anti-ship missile
- 6 Iskander-K/Kalibr cruise missiles (from temporarily occupied Crimea/the Black Sea area)
- 9 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (from Bryansk Oblast).
The air attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, and mobile fire groups of Ukraine's defence forces.
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