Kyiv bears brunt of Russian missile and drone attack as air defence downs two Iskanders and 255 UAVs

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 280 Shahed (69 jet-powered) and Gerbera attack drones and Parodiya decoy UAVs on the night of 26-27 October. The city of Kyiv has been the main target of the attack.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: Early reports indicated that as of 09:00, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 257 Russian aerial assets: two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 255 Shahed (56 jet-powered), Gerbera and other types of drones.

Hits by aerial assets have been recorded at 25 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at 16 locations.

Several attack drones remain airborne and combat operations are ongoing.

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.

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