Russians attack Ukraine with missile and over 100 drones, 11 locations hit

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 14 February, 09:12
Russians attack Ukraine with missile and over 100 drones, 11 locations hit
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Russian forces attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 112 drones on the night of 13-14 February. Ukrainian air defences have managed to down 91 UAVs, although 11 locations have been hit.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Quote: "On the night of 13-14 February (from 18:30 on 13 February), the enemy launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile from Kursk Oblast and 112 Shahed, Gerbera and Italmas loitering munitions as well as drones of other types from Russia's Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk as well as temporarily occupied Donetsk and temporarily occupied Hvardiiske in Crimea. About 70 of the UAVs were Shahed loitering munitions.

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Aircraft, anti-aircraft missile units, electronic warfare assets, unmanned systems units and mobile fire groups from Ukraine's defence forces have been involved in repelling the attack."

Details: Early reports indicated that as of 08:30, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 91 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones.

Hits by 18 UAVs had been recorded at 11 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 2 locations.

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