Ukraine's air defence downs 115 out of 165 Russian drones, with 20 still airborne

Russia attacked Ukraine with 165 drones (105 jet-powered) on the night of 19-20 October. Ukraine's air defence has destroyed or jammed 115 UAVs, while another 20 remain airborne.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: The attack began at 18:00 on 19 October. Russian forces used Shahed and Gerbera attack drones, S-8000 Banderol/Dan-T drone- and air-launched cruise missiles and Parodiya decoy UAVs.

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

Quote: "As of 08:00, [Ukrainian] air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 115 Shahed (73 jet-powered), Gerbera and other types of drones. Another 20 attack drones remain airborne,

Hits by aerial assets have been recorded at 30 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 13 locations."

Background: Russian forces struck an apartment building in the Zarichnyi district of Sumy with a drone on the night of 19-20 October.

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