Russia attacks Ukraine with Iskander-K missiles and 186 drones, air defences down 150 UAVs
Russia attacked Ukraine with Iskander-K cruise missiles and 186 drones on the night of 20-21 October. Air defence forces have destroyed or jammed 150 UAVs, while another 10 remain airborne.
Source: Ukraine's Air Force
Details: The attack began at 18:00 on 20 October. Russian forces launched Iskander-K cruise missiles from the airspace over Rostov Oblast. The number of missiles launched and how many were intercepted have not been reported.
Russia also attacked Ukraine with 186 Shahed loitering munitions (88 jet-powered), 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).
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.
Quote: "As of 08:30, [Ukrainian] air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 150 Shaheds (63 of which were jet-powered), S8000 Banderol/Dan-Ts, Gerberas and drones of other types. Another 10 attack drones remain airborne, combat work is ongoing!
Hits by aerial assets have been recorded at 27 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 13 locations."
Background:
- Russian drones attacked Kyiv from the evening of 20 October and into the morning of 21 October.
- At around 07:00, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that a Russian drone had hit a 24-storey residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district at the level of the 19th floor. A fire broke out.
- Parked cars caught fire in the Desnianskyi district after a drone crashed onto them. A drone strike on a transport infrastructure facility in the Solomianskyi district caused a fire and another drone was reported to have crashed in an open area.
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