Russia attacks Ukraine with 154 drones and Iskander-M missile overnight: air defences shoot down 111 UAVs

STANISLAV POHORILOV - 13 February, 08:42

A Ukrainian air defence mobile fire group. Photo: Ukraine's 154th Brigade, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on social media

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 154 Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas loitering munitions as well as drones of other types on the night of 12-13 February. About 100 of them were Shaheds.

Source: Ukrainian Air Force Command

Details: Early reports indicate that Ukrainian air defence units had shot down and jammed 111 Russian Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas loitering munitions as well as drones of other types by 08:30.

Hits by the Iskander-M missile and 22 loitering munitions had been recorded at 18 locations and the fall of debris from the airborne assets at two locations.

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

The attack continues, as several Russian drones are still in Ukrainian airspace.

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