Russia attacked Ukraine with 210 drones and missiles: air defence destroyed 181 unmanned aerial vehicles

On the night of 22 October, Russian occupiers carried out a large-scale combined strike on Ukrainian territory. They used 210 attack drones and missiles of various modifications. Kyiv was the main direction of the attack, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Type of weapons used and launch directions

Starting at 18:00, the enemy launched 210 attack UAVs into the air. Among them were 110 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, as well as Gerber and Italmas class aircraft, and decoys. In parallel with the drone attack, Russia launched Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon, and Oniks missiles.

The enemy launched missiles from Kursk, Bryansk, and Rostov Oblast. Drones appeared from the directions of Millerovo, Oryol, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Shatalovo, as well as from the occupied areas of Donetsk and Crimea.

Air defence results

As of 09:00 on the morning of 22 October, air defence systems had destroyed or suppressed 181 enemy drones. Among the shot-down aircraft were 87 jet-powered Shahed drones, Gerber units, and other types of UAVs. At the time of publication, 10 attack drones were still in the air, and combat operations were ongoing.

«За попередніми даними, станом на 09:00, протиповітряною обороною збито/подавлено 181 ворожий БпЛА типу Shahed (із них – 87 реактивні), Гербера та дрон інших типів, 10 ударних безпілотників ще в повітрі, бойова робота триває!» (According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, air defence has shot down/suppressed 181 enemy UAVs of the Shahed type (of which 87 are jet-powered), Gerber, and other types of drones; 10 attack drones are still in the air, and combat operations are ongoing!) – it says in the Air Force's statement.

Consequences of the attack and defenders involved

As a result of the strike, impacts of air attack means were recorded at 32 locations. In addition, debris from shot-down targets fell on 8 other objects.

Aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, radio electronic warfare units, unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Defence Forces of Ukraine participated in repelling the air attack.