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Ukraine’s Air Defense Repels Massive Russian Drone and Missile Attack

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Ukraine’s Air Defense Repels Massive Russian Drone and Missile Attack
Illustrative photo, Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone. (Source: Getty Images)

On the night of September 29-30, Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv.

A total of 76 means of air attack were detected by Ukraine’s Air Force:

  • one "Iskander-M" ballistic missile;

  • one Kh-59/69 guided air missile;

  • one Kh-31P anti-radiation missile;

  • 73 strike UAVs of the "Shahed" type.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported downing the Kh-59/69 missile and 67 drones in Kyiv, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions. 

According to preliminary data, no destruction or casualties were reported in Kyiv.

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