Russia attacks Ukraine with Iskander missiles and drones: two ballistic missiles and 83 UAVs destroyed

Russian forces launched a combined strike on Ukrainian critical infrastructure using attack drones and surface-to-surface missiles on the night of 10-11 December.

Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command

Details: Ukrainian Air Force Command said that air surveillance troops detected and tracked a total of 154 Russian-launched aerial assets, specifically:

• 3 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles,
• 151 loitering munitions of the Shahed and Gerbera types (about 120 of all were Shahed-type drones).

By 10:00, early data indicated that air defence had shot down or jammed 85 aerial assets:

• 83 Shaheds and Gerberas (and drones of other types),
• 2 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles.

Hits by 69 attack UAVs and one Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile were recorded at 34 locations.

The Air Force said the Russians launched the drones from Kursk, Oryol, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk Oblast in Russia, as well as from Hvardiiske and the Chauda training ground in temporarily occupied Crimea.

The main strike was directed at the city of Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast. Odesa Oblast and the frontline areas also came under attack.

The aerial attack was repelled by aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare assets, unmanned systems units and mobile fire groups from Ukraine's defence forces.

Background: Earlier, the Air Force reported that on the night of 10-11 December, Russian troops attacked Kremenchuk with ballistic missiles. Air-raid warnings were issued in the city of Kyiv and many regions as well due to the threat of attack.

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