Russia launches missiles and 113 drones at Ukraine; air defences down three Kh-59/69 missiles and 96 drones

Russian forces attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles, four Kh-59/69 air-to-surface missiles and 113 drones on the night of 29-30 October. Ukrainian air defence has shot down three Kh-59/69s and 96 drones, with hits recorded at 17 locations.

Source: Ukraine's Air Force

Details: The Russians launched ballistic missiles – either Iskander-M, S-400 or KN-23 – from Russia's Voronezh, Kursk and Bryansk oblasts. The Air Force did not specify their number or the results of their interception.

Russian forces fired four Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles from Russia's Belgorod Oblast. Early reports indicate that as of 07:30, Ukrainian air defence had downed three of them.

The Russians also deployed 113 Shahed and Gerbera attack drones, as well as Parodiya decoy UAVs. These were launched from the Russian cities of Oryol, Kursk and Shatalovo, as well as from temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea. Among the drones launched were 83 jet-powered Shaheds.

Quote: "Air defence downed or jammed 99 enemy targets:

• three Kh-59/69 guided air-to-surface missiles;
• 96 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type (71 of them jet-powered), Gerberas and other types of drones. Several attack drones are still in the air, and combat operations are ongoing."

Details: The main targets of the attack were Kyiv, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts. Hits by drones were recorded at 17 locations, and fallen debris at five others.

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.

Background:

• Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and UAVs overnight and on the morning of 30 October, leaving one person killed and another injured in the city's Dniprovskyi district.
• Parts of the city of Dnipro and adjacent areas lost their power supply following Russian attacks on the main power grids in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 29 October.

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