Ukrainian air defence downs 89 Russian drones, including 55 jet-powered

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — 12 October, 09:18

Stock Photo: Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment named after Kryvonis

Russia attacked Ukraine with a Kh-59 air-to-surface missile from airspace over the Black Sea and 121 drones on the night of 11-12 October. Ukraine's air defences have downed 89 drones.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: The Russians used Shahed (76 jet-powered) and Gerbera attack drones, Banderol/Dan-T drone-launched cruise missiles and Parodiya decoy drones launched from the Russian cities of Oryol, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk as well as from temporarily occupied Donetsk Oblast and Hvardiiske in Crimea.

Early reports indicated that as of 09:00, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 89 Shahed (55 jet-powered), Gerbera and other types of drones.

Hits by aerial assets have been recorded at 15 locations and downed aerial assets (debris) landed at four locations.

The Air Force warned that the Russian attack is ongoing.

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