Russia attacks Ukraine with ballistic missiles, Banderol drone missiles and 108 drones: air defences downs 88 UAVs

Russia attacked Ukraine with five ballistic missiles, nine drone-launched missiles and 108 drones on the night of 12-13 October. Air defence forces have destroyed or jammed 88 UAVs.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: From 18:00 on 12 October, the Russians used five Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from Russia's Bryansk Oblast, nine Banderol/Dan-T drone missiles and 108 Shahed and Gerbera attack drones, as well as Parodiya decoy UAVs. Seventy-four of the drones were jet-powered.

The drones were launched from the Russian cities of Oryol, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in Crimea.

Early reports indicated that as of 08:00, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 88 drones (58 jet-powered).

Quote: "Hits by enemy aerial assets have been recorded at 17 locations and downed aerial assets (debris) landed at seven locations.

In addition, drone missiles struck the city of Kharkiv, although some of them failed to reach their targets."

Details: 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.

As of 08:00, the attack was ongoing, as several Russian drones were still in Ukrainian airspace.

Background: Three people were killed and 11 injured in a Russian strike on Kharkiv on the evening of 12 October.

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