Russian forces attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles, four Kh-59/69 aircraft missiles and 113 drones on the night of 29-30 October. Ukrainian air defence has shot down three Kh-59/69 s 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 interception results.
Russian forces fired four Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles from Russia's Belgorod Oblast. Early reports indicate that Ukrainian air defence had downed three of them as of 07: 30.
The Russians also deployed 113 Shahed and Gerbera attack drones, as well as Parodiya decoy UAVs. They were launched from the Russian cities of Oryol, Kursk and Shatalovo, as well as from temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea. The drones launched included 83 jet-powered Shaheds.
Quote: "Air defence downed or jammed 99 enemy targets: three Kh-59/69 guided aircraft 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 falling 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.
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